On October 14, 1947, Linwood H. Branham, III was born to a family in which 5 siblings were embraced by loving and adoring parents. Many who observed this family, noticed that there was something amazingly different about it. For it was in that small Elm-City Project apartment in New Haven,Ct. that the love of art and poetry flowed abundantly, mostly because of his mother's ('Mom Bessie', as she was respectfully called) love of music, art, and sports. For only in this type of environment could Lwood's natural gifts and talents be nurtured to inspire him to begin the long...more
