- Was an acquaintance of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, and Marlon Brando. He attended King's March on Washington in 1963.
- Pictured on a 37¢ USA commemorative postage stamp in the Literary Arts series, issued 23 June 2004.
- At DeWitt Clinton High School he was literary editor of the school newspaper Magpie.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 59-61. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
- Attended DeWitt Clinton High School with photographer Richard Avedon.
- Graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in New York (1941)
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