Teaching and Later Life
| “ | She would teach American history down to about Christmas, and then she'd put the book down, and go into teaching us all Black history. Now if that appeared to be anyone coming in that, would uh, have something to say about her teaching Black history, she'd just pick up her American history book and start talking. — R. Kelly, former student | ” |
Brown completed further graduate study at Columbia University. After graduation, Brown worked at Bricks School in Bricks, North Carolina, from 1909 to 1926. During her time in Bricks, she also traveled nationally and wrote articles for the National Urban League's magazine Opportunity.
In 1925 Brown moved to Rocky Mount, North Carolina and continued her career in education. She worked as a history teacher at Booker T. Washington High School in Rocky Mount for nearly 30 years, from 1926 until 1952.
Brown was a charter member of Chi Omega chapter in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, in 1925, when she also served as president of the chapter. She was also a founding member of Rocky Mount's YWCA.
Brown promoted community learning about Negro History by developing local exhibits, which she arranged annually. Her twenty-fifth exhibit received national coverage. Brown died on March 5, 1957.
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