Claude Brown was the author of Manchild in the Promised Land, published to critical acclaim in 1965, which tells the story of his coming of age during the 1940s and 1950s in Harlem.
11 Facts About Claude Brown
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However, this just made Claude Brown crave the violence of the streets.
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Dr Papanek, whom Mr Claude Brown described in his book as "probably the smartest and the deepest cat I had ever met," encouraged him to seek an education.
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Claude Brown had many brushes with the law and had to go to various juvenile detention institutions several times.
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In Manchild in the Promised Land, Claude Brown blames his brother's unhealthy lifestyle on not having been exposed to the horrors of Harlem early enough in life.
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Claude Brown moved away from Harlem, heartbroken at seeing all his friends "strung-out" by drug addiction.
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Claude Brown began to take piano lessons and sold cosmetics as he was trying to make up his mind about college.
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Claude Brown left when the lecture circuit proved more lucrative than law.
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Claude Brown published a second book, Children Of Ham, which explores the lives of several black teenagers from Harlem who escape the clutches of heroin.
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Claude Brown wrote several articles for national magazines, including Esquire and Look.
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Claude Brown died on February 2,2002, in New York, New York.