Harold K. Brown

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Harold K. Brown
Born1934 (age 90–91)
York, Pennsylvania, U.S. [1]
EducationMaster of Business Administration - Fordham University
Alma materPenn State University
OccupationCivil rights leader

Harold Kenneth Brown (born 1934) is an American civil rights leader in San Diego, California. [2] [3] He graduated from San Diego State University (SDSU) in 1959 and became the first African American to hold administrative rank at the university. [4] He founded chapters of the Congress for Racial Equality and was arrested repeatedly for protesting against racial discrimination. [4] In 2011, SDSU inaugurated the "Harold K. Brown Civil Rights and African American Experience Collection" - a historical collection from the civil rights movement, consisting of thousands of photographs, documents and oral accounts, many from Brown's personal collection. [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ "San Diego State Honors Harold Kenneth Brown". San Diego Urban League. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  2. ↑ Lanthorne, Amanda. "Harold K. Brown Papers". Harold K. Brown Papers, 1956-2000. San Diego State University Special Collections and University Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Harold K. Brown Civil Rights and African American Experience Collection". San Diego State University . Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  4. 1 2 "Harold Brown". San Diego State University. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  5. ↑ "Civil Rights Collection To Be Dedicated At SDSU". ABC 10. October 22, 2011. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  6. ↑ Jonathan Horn (October 22, 2011). "Collection chronicles local civil rights struggles". San Diego Union-Tribune . Retrieved 2015-08-29.


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