Editing Lester Speight (section)

==Early life, family and education==
Lester Speight was born in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], the son of Gussie Watson and Walter Speight. He graduated from [[Old Mill High School]] in [[Millersville, Maryland]] in 1981,<ref name="burris">{{cite web|last=Burris|first=Joe|title=Mighty Busy Baltimore native Lester 'Mighty Rasta' Speight tackles many acting opportunities, including his latest role in 'Norbit'|url=http://newsle.com/article/0/29026084/|work= [[The Baltimore Sun]]|accessdate=May 8, 2013|date=February 19, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131021070551/http://newsle.com/article/0/29026084/|archive-date=October 21, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> where he is in its Hall of Fame for three sports: football, track, and basketball.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sragow|first=Michael|title=Baltimore's Lester Speight defends the human race in 'Transformers 3'|url=http://newsle.com/article/0/29026064/| work=Newsle.com |accessdate=May 8, 2013|date=July 1, 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140106040854/http://newsle.com/article/0/29026064/|archive-date=January 6, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He attended [[Morgan State University]] from 1981 to 1985 and was a Division 1 All-American Linebacker.