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| Born | Amos Cleophilus Brown February 20, 1941[1] Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Morehouse College (B.A., 1964) Crozer Theological Seminary (M.Div., 1968) United Theological Seminary (D.Min, 1990)[1][2][3] |
| Occupation | Pastor • activist |
| Employer | Third Baptist Church of San Francisco |
| Title | Member, San Francisco Board of Supervisors |
| Term | 1996–1999, 1999–2001 |
| Board member of | NAACP |
| Spouse | Jane Smith Brown |
Amos Cleophilus Brown (born February 20, 1941) is an African American pastor and civil rights activist. He is the president of the San Francisco branch of the NAACP, and has been the pastor of the Third Baptist Church of San Francisco since 1976.[4][5] Brown was one of only eight students who took the only college class ever taught by Martin Luther King Jr.[4][6] He serves on the board of the California Reparations Task Force.
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- ^ "Rev. Dr. Amos C. Brown". The Huffington Post. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- ^ a b "About Us". NAACP San Francisco. Archived from the original on November 8, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- ^ "Pastor Amos C. Brown". Third Baptist Church of San Francisco. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- ^ Christensen, Jen (November 3, 2012). "Civil Rights Icon Fighting for Change One Registered Voter at a Time". CNN. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2017.