John A. Brown

John A. Brown may refer to:

  • John A. Brown (department store), a defunct Oklahoma-based department store chain
  • John A. Brown, Jr., Louisiana murderer executed in 1997

Famous quotes containing the words john and/or brown:

    [17th-century] Puritans were the first modern parents. Like many of us, they looked on their treatment of children as a test of their own self-control. Their goal was not to simply to ensure the child’s duty to the family, but to help him or her make personal, individual commitments. They were the first authors to state that children must obey God rather than parents, in case of a clear conflict.
    —C. John Sommerville (20th century)

    Oh, little brown girl, born for sorrow’s mate,
    Keep all you have of queenliness,
    Forgetting that you once were slave,
    And let your full lips laugh at Fate!
    Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981)