George H. Brown Jr.

George H. Brown Jr. (born 1939) is a Tennessee lawyer who served as a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court in 1980, and was the first black person to serve on that court.

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Brown received a B.S. from Florida A&M University in 1960, and a J.D. from the Howard University School of Law in 1967. but Brown was sworn in to the sear on June 23, 1980. Brown also declared his candidacy for election to the seat as a Republican, but was defeated by Democratic nominee Frank Drowota in a special election on August 7, 1980, serving until Drowota was sworn in on September 5, 1980.

Brown then returned to private practive until being appointed as a Circuit Court judge of the Thirtieth Judicial District at Memphis, where he remained until his retirement from the bench in 2005. Following his retirement, he returned to private practice as a mediator and arbitrator.