THS Lunch Talks: Samuel Brown and Tempe’s Mexican and American Frontier Heritage by Dr. Pete Dimas
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Wednesday, Sep 10, 2025 11:30am
Location
Tempe History Museum
809 E Southern Ave 85282
Details
Samuel Brown (1852-1937) is an influential bilingual-bicultural Mexican American politician and long-time Tempe Schools leader in the late 1890s. During his 25-year Presidency of the nationally known civil-rights organization, the Alianza Hispano Americana, with roots in Tempe, Samuel Brown fought against the segregation and racial discrimination of Mexicanos in the Northern frontier of Arizona.