The author, I. Bernard Brown is a native of Charleston, South Carolina. He was born, raised and educated on one of the barrier islands, Johns Island.
After high school he receive...view moreThe author, I. Bernard Brown is a native of Charleston, South Carolina. He was born, raised and educated on one of the barrier islands, Johns Island.
After high school he received a Bachelors of Arts in industrial arts education Grambling State University and a Masters of Arts in industrial education from Ball State University.
He was a design engineer for the chevrolet group at Guide Division of General Motors, Anderson, Indiana and a manufacturing engineer at Raybestos Manhattan. He taught industrial technology in the Charleston County school and later was a professor at Trident Technical College in the industrial engineering department
He has three sons and two daughters. He is the fifth child of nine brothers and sisters.
He is a member of St. James United Methodist Church, where he currently serves as a worship leader and a class leader. He is the founder of The St James Ensemble Choir, now celebrating 30 years, and the Barbara A. Mitchell scholarship fund having awarded over $15,000 in scholarships over the past five years.
He is an avid multi-level network marketeer, where he has organized, nurtured and grew huge groups across the Southeast. He achieved the level of ambassador with the Freelife Corporation and was awarded an all expense paid vacation to the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas.
He has numerous associations with the writers guild throughout the years, The Unknown Poet Society, Songwriters Guild and Poet and Writers Association, etc. .
He has been writing for years. You wrote his first poem in his early teens. He writes poem, lyrics and bits for different occasions weddings, funerals, graduations, birthdays, etc. His poem Dear Grambling We Salute You was published in the school newspaper during the graduation class of 1976. He has three songs copyrighted in the Library of Congress and has written three books, Voices Of The Heart,Loved And Lost In Four Thousand Days and Start To A Great Finish. Currently hes writing Conquered By Her Innocence,Order Your Way, Stones From Behind The Wall and Heaven Help Us All. He encourages young writers to put their thoughts upon tablets, right there and then before they lose it and to keep a good collection system for their writings.view less