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Sarah Mendenhall Brown

Gender: Female

Ethnicity: Caucasian

Biographical/Historical note: Sarah Mendenhall Brown taught school in Greensboro for eleven years. She was appointed to the Greensboro School Board in 1949 and served for 10 years, including four as vice chairman. In the fifties, she also served as treasurer of the YWCA.

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Item thumbnail image Oral History Interview with Sarah Mendenhall Brown by William Chafe
Date: July 14, 1974
By: Sarah Mendenhall Brown
From: William Henry Chafe Oral History Collection

This July 14, 1974, oral history interview conducted by William Chafe with Sarah Mendenhall Brown covers Ms. Brown's recollections of school desegregation while she was a member of the Greensboro S...