 Complete the following phrase:  Flowers is the son of Arthur R. Flowers, Sr., a medical doctor and bridge player of national rank, and Eloise Flowers, a nurse and teacher. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was immersed in the American Civil Rights movement from an early age. In high school, he developed a reputation for intelligence, earning the nickname Mr. Brain, and for radicalness, earning the nickname Bullet because of the bullet he wore on a necklace. In 1968, he attended Martin Luther King Jr.s final speech, and then led his high school class in a walkout after 