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<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/becoming-ms-burton-becoming/"></div><p>By <a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/vivian-d-nixon/">Vivian D. Nixon</a></p>
<p>“I told the judge I needed help. A police officer had run over my five-year-old son and killed him without even stopping. It caused me to turn to drugs. The judge sentenced me to 18 months in prison.” These words, uttered by my friend and colleague Susan Burton during her recent New York City book release event, will forever echo in my mind. <a href="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/becoming-ms-burton-becoming/#more-4354" class="more-link">Read more</a></p>
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<em>Becoming Ms. Burton</em> – Becoming Me

Becoming Ms. Burton – Becoming Me

Vivian D. Nixon is Executive Director of College and Community Fellowship in New York City, and a Public Voices Fellow of <a href="http://www.theopedproject.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=868&amp;Itemid=154">The OpEd Project.</a>