Benjamin brown civil rights activist biography

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  • Benjamin Brown (1939-1999) was a lawyer active in the civil rights movement in the 1960s and was one of the founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating.

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    View of Georgia State Representative Ben Brown seated during an interview in Atlanta, Georgia.Benjamin Brown (1939-1999) was a lawyer active in the civil rights movement in the 1960s and was one of the founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He served in the Georgia House of Representatives in 1966 and from 1969 to 1977, where he was an organizer and chairman of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus and president of the Georgia Association of Black Officials. He served as deputy director of Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign and was later chosen by President Carter to be deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

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    History: Ben Brown, 2 students killed at JSU

    May 9, 1928: Burl Toler, the first African-American official in the National Football League, was born in Memphis. His career as head linesman and field judge lasted for 25 seasons, from 1965 until 1989. 

    May 9, 1963: After Americans saw authorities turn fire hoses and police dogs on protesters in Birmingham, a negotiated truce took place on this day. Activists agreed to stop mass demonstrations in return for Birmingham authorities ending oppressive segregation laws and practices. Martin Luther King Jr. and Fred Shuttlesworth announced the settlement the next day. By this time, more than 2,400 had been arrested in the campaign, many of them children.

    May 10, 2007: An Alabama grand jury indicted former state trooper James Bonard Fowler for the February 18, 1965, murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson. In 2010, Fowler pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter and was sentenced to six months behind bars.

    May 11, 1864: A year before the last C

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    B. Gratz Brown

    American politician (1826–1885)

    B. Gratz Brown

    In office
    January 4, 1871 – January 3, 1873
    LieutenantJoseph J. Gravely
    Preceded byJoseph W. McClurg
    Succeeded bySilas Woodson
    In office
    November 13, 1863 – March 3, 1867
    Preceded byRobert Wilson
    Succeeded byCharles D. Drake
    In office
    1852–1858
    Born

    Benjamin Gratz Brown


    (1826-05-28)May 28, 1826
    Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S.
    DiedDecember 13, 1885(1885-12-13) (aged 59)
    Kirkwood, Missouri, U.S.
    Political partyDemocratic(before 1854, 1872–85)
    Republican(1854–62)
    Union Emancipation(1862–63)
    Radical Union(1863–70)
    Liberal Republican(1870–72)
    Spouse

    Mary Gunn

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    (m. 1858)​
    RelativesMason Brown (father)
    Montgomery Blair (cousin)
    Margaret Wise Brown (granddaughter)
    EducationTransylvania University
    Yale University (BA)
    University of Louisville (LLB)
    AllegianceUnited States (Union)
    Branch