1 An impressive number of famous
people have come from Brownsville
over the years: two heavyweight boxing
champions (Mike Tyson and Riddick
Bowe); the composer Aaron Copland;
the Three Stooges (played by Moe and
Shemp Howard [later replaced by his
brother Curly] and Larry Fine); the
television host Larry King—not to
mention a long list of professional
basketball, football, and baseball stars.
The operative words, though, are “come
from Brownsville.” Nobody who can
help it stays in Brownsville.
2 Here are the U.S. imprisonment
rates by race and education level.
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