Biography:
(1847–1923), lawyer and jurist; the son of an antislavery activist, Brown, after the end of the Civil War, left Salem, Massachusetts, for Chicago, where he practiced law, involved himself in local politics, and ultimately sat on the state appellate court. He was also one of the founders of the NAACP branch in Chicago, where he served as branch president. In a 1915 letter that was subsequently published in the Crisis, he described the branch’s active lobbying against legislation designed to discriminate against African Americans and others.
Birth:
1847
Death:
1923
Gender:
Male