He grew-up in Brownsville Brooklyn, New York and celebrated his 13th birthday in Munich, Germany. He quit school at the age of 16, yet continues his varied interest and has followed his curiosities to the present.

In 1965, Emmett was drafted into the Army [as a Conscientious Objector]. His three years of service in the United States Army includes serving as a combat paramedic in Vietnam and subsequently receiving a Purple Heart.

Shortly after returning to the States he found himself in the presence of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and heard him deliver a seldom played address before the National Association of Black Television and Radio Announcers Association, at their Annual Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.

Emmett, liked Atlanta, and remained serving out what was a stormy six months that included a Summery Court Martial, that was reported on the National News Report by Chet Huntley and David Brinkley. He was acquitted of all charges and received his Official Discharge, Under Honorable Conditions.He was acquitted of all charges and received his Official Discharge, Under Honorable Conditions.

Upon his release from the Army he was immediately employed in the [to die-for]Emmett (aka: Emmett Thaddeus Doe, Jr.), was born in Harlem New York, Sept 27, 1941.

He grew-up in Brownsville Brooklyn, New York and celebrated his 13th birthday in Munich, Germany. He quit school at the age of 16, yet continues his varied interest and has followed his curiosities to the present.In 1965, Emmett was drafted into the Army [as a Conscientious Objector]. His three years of service in the United States Army includes serving as a combat paramedic in Vietnam and subsequently receiving a Purple Heart.

Shortly after returning to the States he found himself in the presence of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and heard him deliver a seldom played address before the National Association of Black Television and Radio Announcers Association, at their Annual Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Emmett, liked Atlanta, and remained serving out what was a stormy six months that included a Summery Court Martial, that was reported on the National News Report by Chet Huntley and David Brinkley. position, of a Union Organizer Trainee position with Region-Six Department of Organization of the AFL-CIO under the Presidency of George Meany. He went from his Army pay of $475.00 a month, to $175 x 2 wks. with expense account, over-night. Upon completion of a 6 month training and probationary period the position paid $275 x2 wks. with an expense account and new leased staff car with gas credit card. Doe served two six month probations (the only case known) and was fired nearing his 16th month of employment. The straw that broke the back of the AFL-CIO tolerance, despite a high job performance, was when Doe counter-attacked Civil Rights legend, Mr. Bayard Rustin of the A. Phillip Randolph Institute. Mr. Rustin (a known homosexual) made the mistake of castigating Black Manhood specifically and the Black Community in General for failing to throng behind the candidacy of Hubert H. Humphrey’s 1968 Presidential Campaign that was faltering. At a COPE meeting for local and National Black Labor (male) “Get Out The Vote” Leadership Campaign [he was ordered to attend] in Atlanta Georgia, Doe was dismissed, 24 hours later. Atlanta’s Black community was on the move…and so was Emmett Doe.