Lesley mcspadden biography examples
Lezley McSpadden recounts what happened that fateful day two summers ago in her autobiography, "Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil".!
Lesley McSpadden ran in city where son's fatal shooting sparked intense protests, helped spawn Black Lives Matter movement.
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Lezley McSpadden, the mother of Michael Brown, recently walked across the stage in Missouri to receive her high school ’s also interesting is that McSpadden earned her diploma alongside her daughter, Daysa Brown, thanks to the local school district’s adult high school education program, which allowed her to attend classes on weekday afternoons.
McSpadden dropped out of Ladue Horton Watkins High School after giving birth to her son Michael in her junior year.
After creating the We Love Our Sons & Daughters Foundation, she decided to go back and get her diploma. The initiative, made in her late son’s honor, focuses on advocating for justice and advancing education.
Specifically, McSpadden got encouragement to go back and finish high school from Art McCoy, a Missouri school district superintendent after he learned she never completed school.
McSpadden worked on getting her diploma at Jennings High School in Jennings, Missouri along with her daughter, Dej