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	BSC News : Bridgewater State College
		Lesra Martin, whose triumph over poverty, illiteracy and injustice was chronicled in the Oscar-nominated 1999 film "The Hurricane," urged an audience at Bridgewater State College to embrace the power of the individual to change a destiny.
		Martin was a functionally illiterate teenager in Brooklyn's Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood when he befriended a group of Canadians who took him to Toronto, with his parents' approval, and provided for his education.
		Martin closed by inviting audience members to embrace three promises: that they would not be deterred by difficulty, that they would understand there is nothing they can't accomplish if they believe, and that they would be ready to act when opportunity knocks.
	www.bridgew.edu /bridtoday/2004/feb/lesramartin.cfm (673 words)

	The Metamorphosis of Lesra Martin
		Lesra wanted to go back and help his family, but the Canadians convinced him it was better to stay.
		Lesra carefully packaged copies of his diploma and the acceptance letter from the University of Toronto, mailing a set to his parents.
		Lesra drew closer to Cheryl as she helped him cope with his sorrow on his return.
	www.readersdigest.ca /mag/2000/12/lesra_martin3.html?printer_version=1 (3242 words)

	Lesra Martin: Lazarus & The Hurricane
		Lesra Martin is an inspiring example of the power that one person has to make a difference.
		Lesra Martin went on to become a lawyer, and his story was the subject of a best-selling book entitled Lazarus and the Hurricane and is featured in the motion picture “The Hurricane” starring Denzel Washington.
		Lesra shows audiences that the power to make a difference exists in each of us, and leaves his audience with the belief that they can turn coincidence into opportunity, and adversity into triumph.
	www.speakers.ca /martin_lesra.aspx (228 words)

	The Metamorphosis of Lesra Martin
		Lesra had been nearly 11 when their lives hit rock bottom.
		Lesra and William Fuller, another ghetto youth hired at the lab, spent their workdays playfully punching, chasing and spraying each other with water instead of the taxis they were supposed to wash. Whenever Lesra saw the Canadians, his face would light up.
		Lesra stopped goofing around and sank into a chair, mesmerized by the story of a New York ghetto youth who survived desperate poverty to become a lawyer and a writer.
	www.readersdigest.ca /mag/2000/12/lesra_martin.html (1877 words)

	SEE Magazine: January 30, 2003
		The Journey of Lesra Martin, a documentary by Canadian writer/director Cheryl Foggo, follows that boy from his early life in the ghetto, to his life in Canada, to his return to Brooklyn for his brother’s funeral.
		Carter was wrongly convicted of murder and with the help of Martin and the Canadians, got the case reopened and had his name cleared.
		It also seems desperate to paint Martin himself as a man of the people, able to jump out of his upper middle class life and deposit himself into the alien world of his childhood on a whim.
	www.seemagazine.com /Issues/2003/0130/screen9.htm (321 words)

	UMass Briefs: 2/ 13/ 2004
		DARTMOUTH -- Lesra Martin, the attorney whose life is the basis of the 1999 film, "The Hurricane," starring Denzel Washington, will be speaking at UMass Dartmouth's library today at 10 a.m.
		Martin grew up in poverty in a violence-ridden section of New York, but was motivated to educate himself and realize a purpose for his life.
		Martin decided to become a lawyer, with the intention of exonerating Mr.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/02-04/02-13-04/a13lo437.htm (125 words)

	Lesra's Latest
		The tour kicks off in Toronto on January 28 at 7:30 pm at the Isobel Bader Theatre, attended by director Cheryl Foggo and special guest Lesra Martin, whose inspiring story is the subject of this 46-minute NFB documentary.
		Lesra was poor, illiterate and struggling on the violent streets of Brooklyn when a chance encounter with a group of Canadians shattered the confines of his life.
		Finding the courage to change his own life, today Lesra is a lawyer and motivational speaker on the world stage.
	www.lesra.com /lesraslatest.htm (556 words)

	UMass Dartmouth - Press Releases - UMD Press Release Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lesra Martin, the attorney whose life is the basis for the 1999 film, The Hurricane, starring Academy Award winning actor Denzel Washington, will be speaking at the University's and Bristol Community Collegeâs downtown New Bedford Star Store Campus on Wednesday, February 11th at 11:45 AM.
		Martin grew up in poverty in a violence-ridden section of New York City, but was motivated to educate himself and realize a purpose for his life.
		Lesra Martinâs appearance is sponsored by the CONNECT public higher education partnership as part of its celebration of Black History Month.
	www.umassd.edu /communications/articles/showarticles.cfm?a_key=302 (406 words)

	The Hurricane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		They met Lesra at his summer job, were impressed by his intelligence and enthusiasm, and were dismayed that he was third in his high school class, yet could not read.
		They propose to Lesra's parents that he come and live with them for a few years--they are willing to tutor him intensively so that he might be able to fulfill his dream of going to college.
		Lesra Martin's interest in Rubin "Hurricane" Carter started a chain of events that finally led to Carter's release from prison.
	www.themovielady.com /hurrican.htm (372 words)

	ACEA - Newsletter - Inside Education - 2002 Conference Issue - Page 13
		This July 1979 morning would be Lesra's first day at his summer job in an environmental lab, part of a government sponsored project for inner-city kids whose families were on welfare.
		Alma, Lesra's mother, used to crank their living room stereo to full volume, grabbing her babies by the hand and dancing with them.
		LESRA pushed his fears aside and tried to listen as his father pointed out the stops he'd have to remember to return home.
	www.nald.ca /acea/newslet/Confr_02/13.htm (646 words)

	Lesra Martin Speaker Profile at The Lavin Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Moved by the triple murder conviction of Rubin Carter and convinced of Carter's innocence, a friendship fostered between Lesra and Rubin.
		Because of Lesra Martin, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is a free man.
		Lesra Martin is an example of dogged determination.
	www.thelavinagency.com /canada/lesramartin.html (362 words)

	Lesra Martin Keynote Speaker At Dewald Honors Dinner And Lecture / News / Mount Union College - Mount Union College
		After refreshments and dinner, Lesra Martin, a crown attorney from British Columbia, who was responsible, along with his three Canadian friends, for freeing boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter from jail, spoke to the group in the Kresge Dining Hall in the Hoover Price Campus Center.
		Martin spoke of many experiences, including growing up as the second of eight kids, having the opportunity to move to Canada, and his work in freeing Carter.
		Until Martin was a teenager, he was admittedly illiterate, but always had the dream to be a lawyer.
	www.muc.edu /news/lesra_martin_keynote_speaker_at_dewald_honors_dinner_and_lecture (505 words)

	The Hurricane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Martin aspires to go to college, but the environment at his home is not promising.
		The effect that Carter's words have on Martin is touching; their relationship is akin to a father and his son.
		Martin's tenacity and persistence wins over his friends and Carter, and is conveyed with touching emotion.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/hurricane.html (548 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lesra Martin's story is a poignant proof of the power of education to transform livesand of the power of one person to change another’s life.
		Lesra Martin’s personal journey and story of success is the subject of a best-selling book entitled Lazarus and the Hurricane.
		Lesra has changed directions in his own life since the release of the movie "The Hurricane." He has embarked on a career as a motivational speaker, appearing before the United Nations, speaking at "Literacy 2000" hosted by Correctional Services Canada, and was the keynote speaker for The Council for Exceptional Children symposium in New Mexico.
	www.cosa.k12.or.us /2003oaaeconf.htm (806 words)

	SEE Magazine: October 2, 2003
		Martin, who doubles as a motivational speaker, was instrumental in helping to overturn Rubin "Hurricane" Carter’s 1976 murder conviction in 1985.
		The film follows Martin from the streets of New York, where he and his family struggled against gang violence, illiteracy and drugs, to a new start in Toronto.
		Martin is pleased that the film has made its way back to his birthplace (it’s also scheduled to play New York), especially given the way American media has sensationalized the topic.
	www.seemagazine.com /Issues/2003/1002/front4.htm (438 words)

	Welcome to the Vancouver Courier - On Line - Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Martin read it, sent a letter to Carter, visited him at a New Jersey prison and renewed the campaign to free the boxer.
		It charts Martin's rise from illiterate in New York to scholar in Toronto and Halifax to Crown prosecutor in Kamloops.
		Martin and his wife Cheryl have put their law careers on hold to run the speaking business and raise six-month-old daughter Brooklyn Alma, named for Martin's late mom.
	www.vancourier.com /issues02/095102/sports.html (598 words)

	Chips (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As a young man Martin devoted five years of his life to freeing Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, a man wrongfully convicted of a triple murder.
		Martin moved to New Jersey near Trenton State Prison where Carter was incarcerated so they could work on his case.
		Martin went on to earn a bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto and a law degree from Dalhousie University.
	chips.luther.edu /modules/news/print.php?storyid=1878 (334 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Lazarus and the Hurricane: The Freeing of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lesra has an even more heartbreaking story; as a pre-teen, he is in a prison of his own, the prison of a miserably poor life in the ghetto that has deprived his good genes of achieving their potential.
		Lesra was 15 when he was hired to work at a lab in Brooklyn as part of an government funded summer program for inner city youth, it was there that he met a group of Canadians who were working at the lab on a research project.
		Lesra moved in with them in Canada and they took over his education, Lesra eventually went to university and his whole story of being rescued from a ghetto life and realizing his full potential in a different environment is uplifting.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312253974?v=glance (3161 words)

	Special Report on Rubin Carter from Maclean's Online
		It came from Lesra Martin, a 17-year-old fl kid from the Brooklyn ghetto who had been adopted and educated by a commune of Canadians living in a luxurious Toronto home.
		Meanwhile, Lesra Martin, the kid plucked from the streets of Brooklyn, grew up to be a lawyer and landed in Kamloops, B.C. -- where, ironically, he works as a Crown prosecutor.
		Carter survived the shock: he attended Martin's call to the bar and also that of his wife of 18 months, Cheryl Martin (a Dartmouth, N.S., native he met in law school).
	www.truthinjustice.org /carter1.html (4360 words)

	Lesra Martin - Bureau Kit - IntroBio
		Lesra is also a lawyer and an inspirational speaker.
		Most recently, he is the subject of a National Film Board of Canada documentary, "The Journey of Lesra Martin".
		Hardest of all to imagine: the first book Lesra purchased and read on his own was the autobiography of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, The Sixteenth Round.
	www.lesramartin.com /introbio.htm (342 words)

	Now Read This! April 2000, Page 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lesra, an African-American, is temporarily adopted with his parents' blessing by a group of six idealistic, white Canadian activists (which included authors Chaiton and Swinton) whom he befriends in 1979.
		The Canadians discover that Lesra is illiterate and instill in him the love of reading by presenting him with inspirational works of Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King.
		Likeable Lesra's story is an important and interesting early part of the book, but when he goes off to attend college he suddenly becomes less a part of the book.
	www.springfieldlibrary.org /nowread/apr004.html (420 words)

	argonaut » online » 021502
		Martin shared his story of triumph over illiteracy that eventually led him to become a successful prosecuting attorney in British Columbia.
		Martin said learning of his reading disability as a teen-ager caused him to become despondent and internalize the belief that his inferior education was his own fault.
		Martin said he is writing his autobiography, which he hopes to finish in May. He tours the United States and Canada, giving speaking engagements for various groups.
	www.argonaut.uidaho.edu /archives/021502/news5.html (314 words)

	Hurricane Relief: The Efforts of Lesra Martin - The McGill Tribune - tv mcgill
		In early November, Lesra Martin spoke to students at McGill's Law school about the importance of using adversity to one's advantage.
		Martin was an underprivledged child who grew up in Brooklyn, New York and was illiterate until the age of 15.
		Martin has become a successful litigator and inspirational speaker, and Carter is now an active member of the Association in Defence of the Wrongfully Convicted in Toronto.
	www.mcgilltribune.com /media/paper234/news/2001/01/30/TvMcgill/Hurricane.Relief.The.Efforts.Of.Lesra.Martin-13733.shtml (189 words)

	The Hurricane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Activists who lived in a commune-style setting, the Canadians had taken Lesra's character under their wing in the hopes of providing him with the education and an environment with which to better himself.
		In a touching case of life imitating art, the relationship between Lesra and Rubin in the film began to parallel the connection that grew between Shannon and Washington off-screen.
		Today, both Rubin Carter and Lesra Martin are amazed by the course their lives have taken.
	www.peacecity1.com /goodtimes/newpage2.htm (4125 words)

	Movie
		Jewison is woefully heavy-handed in his treatment of the fictionalized, absurdly villainous detective (Dan Hedaya) who zealously plots to keep Carter in jail, and anyone familiar with Carter's story may object to the film's simplified account.
		But what matters here is the shining star of hope that is Lesra (Vicellous Reon Shannon), the Brooklyn teenager who rejuvenates Carter's legal battle in the early 1980s.
		Lesra's real-life Canadian mentors are compressed from nine characters to three, but their efforts are superbly dramatized, and Jewison hits the small but important grace notes that make a good film even better.
	people.csp.edu /tesch/movies/details/2781.html (251 words)

	Boxing News: Exclusive Interview with "Hurricane" Carter's friend: Lesra Martin
		His story goes much deeper than what was portrayed in the movie and I felt it was important to speak with Lesra and share his incredible journey.
		Lesra Martin: Long before I met the group of Canadians that ultimately took me from New York to Toronto I wanted to be a lawyer and I was under the impression that all lawyers went to John J. College.
		LM: Well, as you know I took time off from practicing as a lawyer and so I haven’t practiced for close to two years now and when I did practice it was under the belief that what I was doing contributed greatly to a better society.
	www.eastsideboxing.com /news/Lesra-Martin-Interview.php (2913 words)

	CM Magazine: The Journey of Lesra Martin
		The inspirational story of Lesra Martin, a young poor illiterate boy struggling on the violent streets of Brooklyn, who, through a chance encounter in 1979 with a group of Canadians, overcomes the confines of his life.
		It is only when they return to Canada with Lesra that they realize that he will need to learn to read and write in order to fulfill his dream.
		Narrated by Lesra, the video is an instructive tool for grades 5 to 10 history or social science classes or for inspiring adults with learning challenges.
	www.umanitoba.ca /outreach/cm/vol11/no11/thejourneyoflesramartin.html (559 words)

	Lesra Martin - Funweek Douglas College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lesra Martin is an internationally known and impassioned speaker on literacy.
		Lesra believes he was destined for death, prison or drugs in his impoverished community of Bushwick, New York but through a series of miracles, commitment and hard work, he became a lawyer and is now Crown Attorney in Kamloops.
		On Tuesday Feb 27 at 7:30pm, Lesra will speak in our Performing Arts Theatre to raise funds for an endowment to support students in our literacy programs.
	www.douglas.bc.ca /foundatn/funweek/lesra.html (133 words)

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