Curlee Brown Sr.
American activist (1909–1976)
Curlee Brown Sr. (born 1909) was an African-American activist who served as the President for the NAACP's Paducah chapter. He is known for launching a legal case that resulted in the integration of what would become the West Kentucky Community and Technical College.
Early life and education
Curlee Brown Sr. was born in 1909 in Hollandale, Mississippi to Dave and Dora Brown. After his parents divorced he moved with his father to Helena, Arkansas and then Paducah, Kentucky, where he stayed for the remainder of his life. Brown Sr. went on to attend the Western Kentucky Industrial College and the Western Kentucky Vocational School, where he studied carpentry and cabinet making.
Activism
In 1940 Brown Sr. became the president of the Paducah NAACP, where he served from 1940 until his death.
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