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2007-11-10 07:09:18 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities History

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"An author and lecturer, Browder became interested in Egyptian history after graduating from Howard University. His knowledge is drawn from 39 trips to Egypt over the last two decades, including one this summer in which he led 210 people on an excursion to study and learn through his Institute for Karmic Guidance, on H Street NE.

Like many in Washington, he aims to push people toward action. He presses them to ask questions and challenge him. And they do. One question he gets often is why, in his literature and on tours, he refers to Meridian Hill Park instead of Malcolm X Park, as many people call it. He has a ready answer.

"The park doesn't deserve the name," he said. In the 1970s, when black people began calling the park after the assassinated black activist, they did not organize to keep it clean, and they allowed prostitutes and trash to proliferate, he said. Browder wants less complaining about the displacement surrounding gentrification and more work to stop it from occurring. He switches easily between current events and ancient history, believing that it's important to use the past as a guidepost for the future.

For him, much of that past leads to Africa, and what he calls the fascination of the founders and designers of the city with ideas first used in Africa: the laying of the cornerstone at new buildings and the repetition in local architecture of Egyptian pyramids."
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2007-11-10 07:30:20 · answer #1 · answered by Menehune 7 · 0 0

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