Mr. Don Brown

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  www.lwcharterschools.com/parents/board_minutes_detail.a - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/4/2008    Last Visited: 6/15/2008  

  A. DON BROWN, Florida Vice-President of the NAACP.
  
  Mr. Brown addressed the Board of Trustees regarding the LWHS baseball allegations.Mr. Brown noted that the NAACP needed to know the reason for the firing of the coach and the proficiency for the black students who attend LWHS.
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  Mr. Brown noted that he was a very busy man who traveled a lot and apologized for being late, but needed to be told the outcome of the situation.
  
  David Ullman proceeded to hand Mr. Brown a copy of the handout prepared by Mr. Berry showing the gains achieved by African-American students last year at LWHS.
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  Mr. Brown thanked Mr. Ullman for the information.
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  Ms. Otte informed Mr. Brown that the Trustees were responsible for hiring the Superintendent, the Superintendent hires the principals and each principal hires and fires their own staff.
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  Mr. Brown noted that in the Employee Handbook it states that only the Superintendent can "fire" an employee.
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  Mr. Brown informed the Trustees they had not "heard the last" of him, he would be back, he does not take this situation lightly and he will address the issues as they are presented to him.He noted that he "did not want to begin a movement to disband the charter schools" since he felt it was good for Lake Wales.
  
  Chairman Otte stated that the Board appreciates all the NAACP does for the Lake Wales community and welcomes Mr. Brown back in the future.

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  www.theledger.com/article/20071030/NEWS/710300403/1004/ - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/30/2007    Last Visited: 10/31/2007  

  After candidates Brian Dockery, Justin Troller and Steve Wade talked about problems in the black community and how they might solve them, Lakeland Branch NAACP president Don Brown gave the trio a little straight talk.
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  Brown made it clear he did not want to hear promises without follow-through.
  
  And when it came to the proposed CSX hub in Winter Haven, which could bring more truck and train traffic to Lakeland, Brown offered one of the more original silver linings to a deal that will cost the Florida Department of Transportation $491 million for 61 miles of track.Downtown interests in particular are opposed to the increase in rail traffic.
  
  Brown implied CSX could provide economic benefits that could help the poor.If the candidates really wanted to help, he said, they should be saying they would "get some money so we can buy trucks so we can unload stuff off the trains."
  
  The forum, at the Coleman-Bush Building, was sponsored by the Gladys Leggett Neighborhood Association, the Lakeland Branch of the NAACP and Juneteenth.
  
  Lakeland Electric, which has been a hot topic at other forums, was barely mentioned.

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  www.kids-gardening.com/content/board.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/1/2007    Last Visited: 8/1/2007  

  Don Brown, an area leader for the NAACP, told city commissioners Thursday night ...

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  www.michaelcarullo.com/archives/2006_10.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/1/2006    Last Visited: 9/30/2007  

  But those incidents were not nearly as extreme, says Don Brown, president of the Lakeland branch of the NAACP, who met with a sheriff's representative after the shooting."I'm still looking into the case," says Brown.

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  departments.fsboflips.net/june-2008-new-york-daily-news - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/1/2008    Last Visited: 9/12/2008  

  Don Brown, president of the local NAACP chapter, says he still believes the number of shots fired at Freeland was excessive.He called it "profoundly disturbing."

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  www.speforums.com/showthread.php?s=1969fecdc0df28e2de39 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/28/2006    Last Visited: 10/17/2008  

  Don Brown, president of the NAACP chapter of Polk County, said he had not received a letter from the department announcing the decision, but echoed his previous sentiments about the case.
  
  "I felt then and I feel now that the amount of shots fired was excessive," he said.

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  Blacks Say School Hiring Biased - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/12/2002    Last Visited: 6/12/2002  

  "Each one of us in this room is a racist," said Don Brown, president of the Lakeland chapter of the NAACP, criticizing the process to promote administrators in Polk schools.
  
  "It doesn't seem like we're making a good-faith effort in abiding by the (desegregation

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  Board Approves School Zoning Plan - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/15/2002    Last Visited: 1/15/2002  

  Don Brown, president of the Lakeland branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, disagreed.
  
  "There's always going to be discrimination.There's always going to be prejudice," Brown said."I see very few blacks here and that's who's going to be mainly impacted."

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  Desegregation Pact Addressed - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/31/2001    Last Visited: 10/31/2001  

  Don Brown , the president of the Lakeland chapter of the NAACP , said a plan that allows students to attend neighborhood schools would not necessarily create resegregated schools.
  
  Given the demographics of the city of Lakeland . . . you wouldn't necessarily be going back to segregated schools , he said.
  
  The question of neighborhood schools is not easily answered by any groups involved in the desegregation.

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  Frostproof | The Ledger: Lakeland, Polk County, Florida - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/7/2001    Last Visited: 7/13/2006  

  I ask Don Brown of Lakeland, the state vice president of the NAACP, why the organization is quick to bring complaints to the table when it's about some action against the black community.I have never seen an apology or reprimand when reversed.

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