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Description: HOPETON D. BROWN
Many people struggle to determine their calling in life, laboriously
trying different things like a piece of clothing, looking to find what fits.
But there are others that emerge fully formed, in full command of their
life, their identity and their future. Hopeton Brown fits firmly in the
latter category. His ongoing community activities not only generates
an encouraging and respectful feeling but has had an inspirational and
motivational effect on the youths.
Mr. Brown, a chemical engineer graduate from Drexel University, came to Philadelphia from
Jamaica in 1977 and ran smack into a wall of prejudice at...