Later in the 1960s, she participated in the anti-war movement, the feminist movement and the Gay Liberation movement. In the spring of 1964, during her study at the University of Florida at Gainesville, she became active in the American Civil Rights Movement. Brown is featured in the feminist history film She's Beautiful When She's Angry. In 1982, Brown wrote a screenplay parodying the slasher genre titled Sleepless Nights retitled The Slumber Party Massacre, the producers decided to play it seriously, and it was given a limited release theatrically. in literature from Union Institute & University in 1976 and holds a doctorate in political science from the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C.īrown wrote for Rat, the first New York City-based women's liberation newspaper. In 1968, she received a certificate in cinematography from the New York School of Visual Arts.īrown received a Ph.D.

She subsequently enrolled at Broward Community College with the hope of transferring eventually to a more tolerant four-year institution.īrown hitchhiked to New York City and lived there between 19, sometimes homeless, while attending New York University where she received a degree in Classics and English. In the spring of 1964, the administrators of the racially segregated university expelled her for participating in the civil rights movement. Starting in late 1962, Brown attended the University of Florida at Gainesville on a scholarship. Julia and Ralph Brown were active Republicans in their local party.

Her mother's cousin Julia Brown and her husband Ralph retrieved her from the orphanage, and raised her as their own in York, Pennsylvania, and later in Ft. Brown's birth mother left the newborn Brown at an orphanage. Brown was born in 1944 in Hanover, Pennsylvania to an unmarried teenage mother and her mother's married boyfriend.

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