Joe Ellis Brown (May 24, 1933 – January 7, 2018) was an American schoolteacher and politician. Born in Anderson County,

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, to Prue Ellis and Elouise Grant-Brown, he played football at Allen University and obtained a master's degree at South Carolina State University. He was named principal of Hopkins High School in 1957.

Richland County School District One Richland County School District One (abbreviated RCSD One or "Richland One"), is a school district with its headquarters in the Stevenson Administration Building in Columbia, South Carolina. RCSD One is South Carolina's fifth-largest school dis ...

later made Brown principal of Hopkins Junior High, until he retired in 1985. A

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, Brown was a member of the

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for district 73 from 1986 to 2006.

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1933 births 2018 deaths Democratic Party members of the South Carolina House of Representatives African-American schoolteachers Schoolteachers from South Carolina People from Anderson County, South Carolina South Carolina State University alumni Allen Yellow Jackets football players African-American state legislators in South Carolina 21st-century African-American educators 21st-century American educators 20th-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly 21st-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly 21st-century African-American politicians 20th-century African-American politicians

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Image, Rep. Joe Brown talks with residents, 1990.
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