Brown, Lloyd L(ouis) 1913-2003
BROWN, Lloyd L(ouis) 1913-2003
OBITUARY NOTICE—See index for CA sketch: Born April 3, 1913, in St. Paul, MN; died April 1, 2003, in New York, NY. Journalist and author. Brown is most remembered for his work with Paul Robeson and for editing the journal New Masses. He started his career in journalism before World War II, writing about such subjects as the antifascist movement in Europe. During the war he served in the U.S. Army Air Force, rising to the rank of staff sergeant. He then became editor of the leftist journal New Masses, which published the works of such famous writers as Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, and Ralph Ellison; from 1948 to 1952 he was managing editor of Masses and Mainstream. In the 1950s he helped his friend Robeson, an actor and equal rights activist, with the Harlem newspaper Freedom. Robeson's 1958 autobiography, Here I Stand, was edited by Brown, and in 1996 Brown published the biography The Young Paul Robeson: On My Journey Now. Brown also wrote fiction, including a 1951 novel titled Iron City.
OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES:
BOOKS
Writers Directory, 18th edition, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 2003.
PERIODICALS
Chicago Tribune, April 17, 2003, section 3, p. 14.
Los Angeles Times, April 15, 2003, p. B11.
New York Times, April 14, 2003, p. A21.
Washington Post, April 16, 2003, p. B6.