According to the Daily Tar Heel, Frank Brown, Ph.D., UNC’s first Black full professor and dean in the School of Education, died in March at age 89.
A pioneering scholar, Brown authored over 300 publications and held leadership roles at multiple universities. He secured funding for UNC’s first Black Cultural Center, became the first Black vice president of the American Educational Research Association, and was the inaugural dean of a doctoral-granting school at UNC.
Colleagues like J. John Harris III and Linda Tillman praised his mentorship and advocacy for Black scholars.
Brown’s work centered on desegregation post-Brown v. Board of Education, and his influence extended globally, including speeches at Oxford and the World Conference on Rights to Education.
Rest in power, Frank Brown.
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