Harold K. Brown Papers MS-0436

Amanda Lanthorne
Special Collections & University Archives
04/20/2010
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA 92182-8050
askscua@sdsu.edu


Contributing Institution: Special Collections & University Archives
Title: Harold K. Brown Papers
Creator: Brown, Harold K.
Identifier/Call Number: MS-0436
Physical Description: 4.59 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1956-2000
Date (bulk): 1963-1965, 1990s
Language of Material: English .

Scope and Contents

The Harold K. Brown Papers (1956-2000) document Brown's participation in the local Civil Rights Movement, his dedication to community economic development, and his professional life, with a heavy emphasis on the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Brown's role in the School Integration Task Force, and his involvement with the Black Economic Development Task Force. Highlights include the Congress of Racial Equality's actions against the employment practices of the San Diego Zoo, SDG&E, Montgomery Ward, and Bank of America. Filed alphabetically by folder description, the collection consists of correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, slides, reel-to-reels of the "Viewpoint" program on KSDO Radio, and photographs.  In addition, the collection's extensive newspaper clippings include articles from and full issues of The Voice, The San Diego Light House, the San Diego Monitor, and Logan Heights' Independent.  The majority of materials date from 1963 to 1966, and the mid-1990s.

Arrangement Note

Filed alphabetically by folder description.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The copyright interests in these materials have been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine.  Requests for permission to publish must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.

Source of Acquisition

Harold K. Brown

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Creating Community: African Americans in San Diego exhibit
Harold K. Brown Civil Rights Collection exhibit

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, folder title, box number, Harold K. Brown Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, San Diego State University Library.

Other Descriptive Information

Materials in this collection were processed with a generous donation from Harold K. Brown.

Biographical Note

Born in 1934 and the youngest of seven siblings, Harold Brown, also known as Hal, grew up in York, Pennsylvania, a small working-class town. After graduating high school, Brown attended Penn State, but left after his first semester in order to play minor league baseball with the St. Louis Browns. After sustaining an injury, Brown moved to San Diego in 1953 to attend San Diego State College on a basketball scholarship. His studies were interrupted by two years of military service, but he returned to SDSC and finished his degree in physical education and speech. Upon graduating in 1961, Brown began a six-year teaching career at a local junior high school. During this time, he also became extremely active in the San Diego Civil Rights Movement. Brown was a member of the El Cajon Valley Open Housing Committee, which sought to integrate neighborhoods in El Cajon and La Mesa. In addition, he helped to found and chair the local chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). This organization fought unfair employment practices, and organized civil rights marches, demonstrations and sit-ins across San Diego.
Later, Brown became the Deputy Director for the US Peace Corps in Lesotho. In 1971, he returned to the US and became California State University's Assistant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Assistant to the Vice President for Administration, making him the first Black administrator at San Diego State. Later, he served as the Associate Dean of Planning and Director of the Afro-American Studies Program, which he helped to establish. He hired many of the department's faculty and helped create the program's curriculum. In 1973, he was appointed Director of Campus Information Systems. Afterward, he became the Associate Dean for External Relations in the College of Business Administration. As Associate Dean, he developed a certificate program in community economic development and founded the Center for Community Economic Development (CCED). The purpose of the program was to create economic self-reliance in less affluent communities, such as southeast San Diego, by offering classes in accounting, computers, financial planning, and leadership. The CCED also provided resources and consulting for community groups. It was one of only a handful of such programs in the United States. Brown retired in 1997, but continued consulting until 2004. Harold Brown has been the recipient of numerous awards both for his service to the university and to the community.

Accruals

2010-005

Subjects and Indexing Terms

African Americans--California--San Diego
Civil rights--California--San Diego
Civil rights movements--California--San Diego--History--20th century--Sources
Audio Recordings
Personal Papers
Slides
Photographs
Community development--California--San Diego
Congress of Racial Equality
San Diego State University

box 1, folder 1

Action Plan for Black Economic Development Speech by Harold Brown at Neighborhood House Folder 1 May 17, 1989

box 1, folder 2

Affirmative Action at San Diego State University (SDSU) - Replacement of Don Coryell Folder 2 1973

box 1, folder 3

Affirmative Action - Subcommittee on the Constitution, Statement by Harold Brown Folder 3 June 1995

box 1, folder 4

Africana Studies Folder 4 1996

box 1, folder 5

Afro-American Studies Program at SDSU Folder 5 1972

box 1, folder 6

American Testament: Letters to Burned Churches Folder 6 1996

box 1, folder 7

Annual Equal Employment Opportunity Report Folder 7 February 7, 2000

box 1, folder 8

Arrest of Harold Brown for Bank of America Protest Folder 8 November 1964

box 1, folder 9

Baton Leadership Program Folder 9 1996

box 1, folder 10

Biography: Harold Brown Folder 10

box 1, folder 11

Black Awareness Week Folder 11 February 1977

box 1, folder 12

Black Capitalism Folder 12 1970-1971

box 1, folder 13

Black Economic Development Recommendations Folder 13 January 25, 1990

box 1, folder 14

Black Economic Development Task Force Folder 14 1989-1991

box 1, folder 15

Black Economic Development Task Force: Community Economic Development and Research Center Proclamation Folder 15 October 14, 1993

box 1, folder 16

Black Economic Development Task Force: Psychological Factors Related to Development of African-American Economic Empowerment Folder 16 January 1992

box 1, folder 17

Black International, The Folder 17

box 1, folder 18

Black Leadership Family Plan Folder 18 February 1982

box 1, folder 19

Black National Anthem and Songs Folder 19

box 1, folder 20

Blacks and Business by Harold Brown Folder 20 July 1970

box 1, folder 21

Building Bridges to Minority Firms Folder 21 December 1992

box 1, folder 22

City-Community Conference Folder 22 July 9, 1966

box 1, folder 23

Civil Rights Bill, H.R. 7152 Folder 23 February 1964

box 1, folder 24

Civil Rights Movement in San Diego: Brief History Folder 24

Scope and Contents

Includes "Permission and Release" form for a 2016 oral history of Mr. Brown for the Civil Rights Oral History Project of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Includes CD recordings of Mr. Brown's oral history of the civil rights era, conducted by the San Diego History Center, Nov. 2015.
box 1, folder 25

College of Business Administration Today Newsletter Folder 25 March 1988

box 1, folder 26

Collins, Charles C. Report of Arrest Folder 26 August 14, 1964

box 1, folder 27

Common Behavioral Patterns that Perpetuate Relations of Domination Folder 27 1988

box 1, folder 28

Community Economic Development (CED) Certificate Program at SDSU Folder 28 1999

box 1, folder 29

Community Economic Development Magazine Articles Folder 29 1993-1995

box 1, folder 30

Community Leaders Undoing Biases (C.L.U.B.) Folder 30 1998-2000

box 1, folder 31

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Folder 31 1963-1965

box 1, folder 32

CORE: Bank of America Employment Practices Folder 32 1964-1965

box 2, folder 1

CORE Community Involvement Folder 1

box 2, folder 2

CORE Correspondence Folder 2 1964-1965

box 2, folder 3

CORE Demonstration Photographs Folder 3 1963-1965

box 2, folder 4

CORE Enterprise Corporation, Inc. Application for Funding Grants Folder 4

box 2, folder 5

CORE Guidelines for Organizational Expansion Folder 5 April 1965

box 2, folder 6

CORE-Lator Newsletter Folder 6 September/October 1964

box 2, folder 7

CORE Leadership Training Folder 7

box 2, folder 8

CORE Meeting Minutes Folder 8 1964-1965

box 2, folder 9

CORE Memorandums Folder 9 1965

box 2, folder 10

CORE Montgomery Ward Employment Practices Folder 10 1963-1964

box 2, folder 11

CORE National Republican Convention Folder 11 1964

box 2, folder 12

CORE Northeast Region Folder 12 1965

box 2, folder 13

CORE Safeway Employment Practices Folder 13 1963

box 2, folder 14

CORE San Diego Chapter Folder 14 1963-1965

box 2, folder 15

CORE San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) Employment Practices Folder 15 1963

box 2, folder 16

CORE San Diego Zoo Job Discrimination Folder 16 1964-1965

box 2, folder 17

CORE Socialist and Communist Members - Subversive Activities Folder 17 1965

box 2, folder 18

CORE Southern Region Folder 18 1964-1965

box 2, folder 19

CORE Western Region Folder 19 1965

box 2, folder 20

Correspondence Folder 20 1960-2000

box 2, folder 21

Cortés, Carlos E. - Articles about Mixed Race Children Folder 21 1999

box 2, folder 22

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Plan Folder 22

box 2, folder 23

Dimensions in Discrimination Part II Folder 23 April 1965

box 2, folder 24

Ebony Aztec Yearbook Folder 24 1977-1978

box 2, folder 25

Farmer, James: Testimony before House Judiciary Committee on behalf of CORE Folder 25 March 31, 1965

box 2, folder 26

Free at Last: A History of the Civil Rights Movement and Those Who Died in the Struggle (inscribed by George Stevens) Folder 26

box 3, folder 1

Future of African Americans to the Year 2000: Congressional Task Force Report Folder 1

box 3, folder 2

Growing a Business: A Young Entrepreneur's Start-Up Guide Folder 2

box 3, folder 3

Harold Brown Day Folder 3 July 22, 1967

box 3, folder 4

Honorary Deputy Sheriff's Association Application for Appointment Folder 4

box 3, folder 5

Human Side of Enterprise Paper by Harold Brown Folder 5 November 21, 1977

box 3, folder 6

Integration Task Force Folder 6 1978-1980

box 3, folder 7

Introduction to Community Economic Development (CED) - New Hampshire College Folder 7 Fall 1994

box 3, folder 8

Introduction to Community Economic Development (CED) - New Hampshire College Folder 8 Fall 1994

box 3, folder 9

Introduction to the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center Project Folder 9

box 3, folder 10

"It's Time to Take Charge" an address by Erwin A. France Folder 10 August 16, 1982

box 3, folder 11

JET Folder 11 August 6, 1964; July 22, 1965

box 3, folder 12

"Jew Hatred as History: An Analysis of the Nation of Islam's 'The Secret Relationship between Blacks and Jews'" Folder 12 1993

box 3, folder 13

KSDO Radio Viewpoint Folder 13 1966

box 3, folder 14

KSDO Radio Viewpoint Resource Material Folder 14 1966

box 3, folder 15

Lesotho Folder 15 1968-1970

box 3, folder 16

Lesotho Slides Folder 16 1967-1970

box 4, folder 1

Merit Evaluation: Harold Brown Folder 1 1996

box 4, folder 2

Minority Enterprise Small Business Investment Company (MESBIC) Folder 2 1987-1989

box 4, folder 3

Minority Entrepreneur Program: University of Southern California (USC) material Folder 3 1987

box 4, folder 4

Minority Loan Program Report by Harold Brown Folder 4 June 1971

box 4, folder 5

Money: Master or Servant? Folder 5 October 1963

box 4, folder 6

New American Business System: Kit for Starting Your Own Business Folder 6 1991

box 4, folder 7

News Clippings Folder 7 1962-1968

box 4, folder 8

News Clippings Folder 8 1972-1978

box 4, folder 9

News Clippings Folder 9 1981-1989

box 4, folder 10

News Clippings Folder 10 1990-1999

box 4, folder 11

News Clippings Folder 11 2000

box 4, folder 12

News Clippings Folder 12 no date

box 4, folder 13

News Clippings Scrapbook Folder 13 1963-1967

box 4, folder 14

On the Role of Martin Luther King from "New Politics" volume 4, number 1 Folder 14

box 4, folder 15

Papers Written by Harold Brown Folder 15

box 4, folder 16

Pastoral Letter on Contemporary Racism and the Role of the Church Folder 16 January 1991

box 4, folder 17

Photographs Folder 17

box 5, folder 1

Prosperity and Poverty in the New Economy: Report on Social and Economic Status in San Diego County Folder 1 December 1998

box 5, folder 2

Role of the Negro in United States History: A Composition of Information - San Diego City Schools Folder 2 1965

box 5, folder 3

San Diego Black Forum: Address by Honorable Louis Stokes Folder 3 December 8, 1989

box 5, folder 4

San Diego Board of Education: Citizens Committee Report on Equal Educational Opportunities Folder 4 August 1966

box 5, folder 5

San Diego State College: Blue Key Fraternity Certificate Folder 5 1958

box 5, folder 6

Self-Help Through Neighborhood Leadership, Inc. Folder 6 1964-1966

box 5, folder 7

Small Business Investment Companies Folder 7 1992

box 5, folder 8

Small Business Week Folder 8 May 1992

box 5, folder 9

Speeches Folder 9

box 5, folder 10

Speeches - Material Folder 10

box 5, folder 11

Social and Economic Status of Negroes in the United States, US Department of Labor Folder 11 1969

box 5, folder 12

Social Profile of a Poverty Area in San Diego Folder 12 January 1966

box 5, folder 13

Southeast San Diego, Analysis of the State of the Economy Folder 13

box 5, folder 14

"Sports Taboo: Why Blacks are like Boys and Whites are like Girls" by Malcolm Gladwell Folder 14

box 5, folder 15

Stone, Jim Folder 15 1987-1988

box 5, folder 16

"The Racial Issue in San Diego" ... a report of a television program and the reaction to it from the San Diego community ... Folder 16 September, 1965

box 5, folder 17

Touchdown Distributing, Inc. Folder 17 1994-1995

box 5, folder 18

United States Armed Forces Report of Transfer Folder 18 November 1956

box 5, folder 19

Untitled Report on Civil Rights Laws Folder 19

box 5, folder 20

Who's Who Among Students at San Diego State Award Folder 20 1959-1960

box 5, folder 21

Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA) Folder 21

box 6, item 1

KSDO Viewpoints Item 1 October 20, 1966

box 6, item 2

KSDO Viewpoints Item 2 October 27, 1966

box 6, item 3

KSDO Viewpoints Item 3 November 3, 1966

box 6, item 4

KSDO Viewpoints Item 4 November 10, 1966

box 6, item 5

KSDO Viewpoints Item 5 November 17, 1966

box 6, item 6

KSDO Viewpoints Item 6 December 1, 1966

box 6, item 7

KSDO Viewpoints Item 7 December 8, 1966

box 6, item 8

Peace Corps - Africa (Maseru, capitol city of Lesotho) Item 8

box 7, item 1

The Classroom Teacher, volume 7, number 15 Item 1 December 1963

box 7, item 2

Independent, Logan Heights Edition Item 2 August 1, 1963

box 7, item 3

Independent, Logan Heights Edition Item 3 August 22, 1963

box 7, item 4

Independent, Logan Heights Edition Item 4 November 7, 1963

box 7, item 5

The Voice, volume 3, number 7 Item 5 November 14, 1963

box 7, item 6

Independent, Logan Heights Edition Item 6 January 23, 1964

box 7, item 7

Independent, Logan Heights Edition Item 7 May 21, 1964

box 7, item 8

Independent, Logan Heights Edition Item 8 September 24, 1964

box 7, item 9

Independent, Logan Heights Edition Item 9 November 12, 1964

box 7, item 10

Independent, Logan Heights Edition Item 10 November 19, 1964

box 7, item 11

Independent, Logan Heights Edition Item 11 November 26, 1964

box 7, item 12

Independent, Logan Heights Edition Item 12 March 11, 1965

box 7, item 13

The Range, volume 1, number 1 Item 13 May 1, 1968

box 7, item 14

San Diego Light House, volume 25, number 24 Item 14 May 22, 1964

box 7, item 15

San Diego Light House, volume 28, number 7 Item 15 March 31, 1967

box 7, item 16

San Diego Monitor News, volume 2, number 12 Item 16 June 30, 1988

box 7, item 17

San Diego Monitor News, volume 3, number 10 Item 17 June 15, 1989

box 7, item 18

San Diego Monitor News, volume 3, number 38 Item 18 November 2, 1989

box 7, item 19

San Diego Monitor News, volume 4, number 46 Item 19 February 21, 1991

box 7, item 20

The Voice, volume 2, number 85 Item 20 August 1, 1963

box 7, item 21

The Voice, volume 3, number 3 Item 21 October 17, 1963

box 7, item 22

The Voice, volume 3, number 4 Item 22 October 24, 1963

box 7, item 23

The Voice, volume 3, number 10, December 5, 1963 Item 23

box 7, item 24

The Voice, volume 3, number 13 Item 24 December 26, 1963

box 7, item 25

The Voice, volume 3, number 14 Item 25 January 2, 1964

box 7, item 26

The Voice, volume 3, number 15 Item 26 January 9, 1964

box 7, item 27

The Voice, volume 3, number 16 Item 27 January 16, 1964

box 7, item 28

The Voice, volume 3, number 20 Item 28 February 13, 1964

box 7, item 29

The Voice, volume 3, number 22 Item 29 February 27, 1964

box 7, item 30

The Voice, volume 3, number 28 Item 30 April 9, 1964

box 7, item 31

The Voice, volume 4, number 2 Item 31 October 8, 1964

box 7, item 32

The Voice, volume 4, number 4 Item 32 October 22, 1964

box 7, item 33

The Voice, volume 4, number 7 Item 33 November 12, 1964

box 7, item 34

The Voice, volume 4, number 9 Item 34 November 26, 1964

box 7, item 35

The Voice, volume 4, number 11 Item 35 December 10, 1964

box 7, item 36

The Voice, volume 4, number 12 Item 36 December 17, 1964

box 7, item 37

The Voice, volume 4, number 17 Item 37 January 21, 1965

box 7, item 38

The Voice, volume 4, number 20 Item 38 February 11, 1965

box 7, item 39

The Voice, volume 5, number 19 Item 39 February 3, 1966

box 7, item 40

The Voice, volume 5, number 41 Item 40 July 7, 1966

box 7, item 41

The San Diego Voice and Viewpoint, November 2, 1989 Item 41