Frank R. Brown is an historian of African-American life in Battle Creek and Calhoun County, Michigan. Brown holds a BA in history and government from Kentucky State University, and an MA from Indiana University. Brown has taught at Talladega College in the Division of Social Sciences, and in the Battle Creek Public School System. He is a past president of the Battle Creek Area Urban League Guild, and is active with the Battle Creek branch of the NAACP and the Battle Creek Historical Society. He has held several positions within his church, Mt. Zion AME, including financial secretary and historian, and was integral to the work of the church's Black Heritage Committee, which gathered research materials on the history of African Americans in Battle Creek. In 1991, Brown coordinated the effort to have Mt. Zion AME Church listed in Michigan's State Register of Historical Places.
From the guide to the Frank R. Brown papers, 1980-2009, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan)
