President Floyd Brown and his brothers and sisters, 1900's [graphic]. [191-?]

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President Floyd Brown and his brothers and sisters, 1900's [graphic]. [191-?]

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Negative group portrait taken of Floyd Brown and his brothers and sisters, probably taken in the 1910s. Floyd Brown, born April 27, 1891 at Stampley, Jefferson County, Mississippi, was the second child born to Charles (b. June, 1860) and Janie (Jane) Brown (b. May, 1865 in Mississippi). As tenant farmers, Charles and Janie had ten children including Willie? (b. Feb. 1888), Floyd, May E. (b. June, 1891), Charles, Jr. (b. Sept, 1892), Maria (b. June, 1895) and Sue (b. June, 1899). He attended Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama and Tennessee State College. In 1915, he came to Arkansas selling books to raise funds to finish school. Floyd B. Brown married Lillian Nora Epps. Together they founded the Fargo Agricultural School at Fargo, Monroe County, Arkansas in 1919, which operated until 1949. The school was an African American owned and operated boarding school for African American boys and girls with a flexible curriculum. As a private school, the Fargo Agricultural School was supported by contributions and the sales of its products. Floyd Brown died September 11, 1961 in the Baptist Hospital in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas while a resident of Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas.

1 copy negative : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.)

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Brown, Floyd B., 1891-1961.

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Brown family.

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...