Harriet Elizabeth Brown Historical Marker

If you’re not paying attention, you’ll zip right past this marker. It would be a shame to miss that opportunity to honor this equal rights pioneer.
During the period of racially segregated education, elementary school teacher Brown enlisted the N.A.A.C.P. and attorney Thurgood Marshall to challenge the inequity of separate salary scales for public school teachers based on race. Her case was settled with the Calvert County Board of Education on December 27, 1937, and was the turning point for salary equalization in the state of Maryland.
Maryland Historical Society
Maryland State Highway Administration
Thank you, Mrs. Brown!