Edward Everett Brown

Edward Everett Brown (1858 – January 14, 1919) was an African-American lawyer, author, civil servant, and orator in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1899, he helped draft anti-lynching legislation, and advocated for civil rights. He was a Republican.

Early life and education Edward Everett Brown was born on 1858 in Dover, New Hampshire, to parents Martha A. (née Runnels) and Charles J. Brown. He graduated from Dover High School in 1878.

Brown studied at Dartmouth College, where he studied French and Latin and was an orator. He gave a speech on genius that received plaudits. He then studied law under New Hampshire judge John H. White. He continued his studies at Boston University Law School and worked in the law office of ex-governor William Gaston along with ex-mayor of Boston Edwin Upton Curtis. They won the case, and brought additional cases forward against the rink a year later.

Brown was a member of the Wendell Phillips Club, and founding president of the Crispus Attucks Club in Boston.

He worked as the Boston Deputy Health Commissioner, and at the time of his death the Boston Deputy Collector.

Death Brown died on January 14, 1919. His burial was at Pine Hill Cemetery in Dover, New Hampshire. A marker honoring Brown and his sister was unveiled in 2023 by the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire.