Yes, Steve Dupree is my brother... but don't hold that against me. (Those of you who know my brother are already smiling.) What can I say? I'm proud to be a Dupree. That name means a lot to a lot of people around this city. Some know me as Adora Dupree's baby brother; others know me as Master Seargent William Franklin Dupree's son, or Eloise Dupree's "number seven" (of nine children). I was born and raised right here in the heart of East Knoxville. I grew up on Cruze Street. I still wear my Austin-East High School Class of '77 t-shirt (even though it's just a little snug around the middle -- okay, a lot snug -- and even though I graduated from Catholic High.)
I can still remember sitting in class, practicing my signature and daydreaming about one day becoming an attorney and making a difference. Preparing for the fulfillment of that dream took me out of Knoxville to Howard University in Washington, D.C., but my heart has always been right here in East Knoxville. So I came back to make a difference in my own hometown, because this is still where I live.
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