earl, brown, baseball, earl, louis, brown, july, 1900, april, 1980, american, negro, league, pitcher, journalist, politician, earl, brownpitcherborn, 1900, july, 1900charlottesville, virginiadied, april, 1980, 1980, aged, york, yorkthrew, leftnegro, league, ba. Earl Louis Brown July 24 1900 April 13 1980 was an American Negro league pitcher journalist and politician Earl BrownPitcherBorn 1900 07 24 July 24 1900Charlottesville VirginiaDied April 13 1980 1980 04 13 aged 79 New York New YorkThrew LeftNegro league baseball debut1924 for the Lincoln GiantsLast appearance1924 for the Lincoln GiantsTeamsLincoln Giants 1924 A native of Charlottesville Virginia Brown attended Harvard University where he was a star pitcher for the Crimson He graduated from Harvard in 1924 and that summer played briefly for the Lincoln Giants of the Eastern Colored League He went on to teach economics and government at Virginia Union University and Louisville Municipal College before turning to a career in journalism A reporter and editor at Life and later managing editor of the New York Amsterdam News Brown was elected to the New York City Council in 1949 and served there until 1961 In 1958 he lost a bid to unseat incumbent U S Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr Brown later became chairman of New York City s Commission on Human Rights He died in New York New York in 1980 at age 79 1 2 3 References edit Earl Brown seamheads com Retrieved October 7 2020 Brett Hoover amp Stephen Eschenbach Ivy Blackball Earl Brown Harvard ivy50 com Retrieved October 7 2020 Earl Brown papers 1934 1976 nypl org Retrieved October 7 2020 External links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Seamheads nbsp This Negro league baseball pitcher article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article about a print editor of the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a politician from the state of New York is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Earl Brown baseball amp oldid 1168888430, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
