Linda Beatrice Brown facts for kids

Linda Beatrice Brown is an American writer and teacher. She was born in Akron, Ohio. She went to college in North Carolina at Bennett College. While there, she won awards for her writing. Linda Brown has written many books. Some of her books are Belles of Liberty, Black Angels, Crossing Over Jordan, and The Long Walk. She writes different kinds of stories, like fiction (made-up stories), nonfiction (true stories), plays, and poems. Many of her writings are about the Civil Rights Movement. They also talk about the struggles that came from slavery during the American Civil War.

About Linda Beatrice Brown

Her Early Life and Education

Linda Brown was born in Ohio. Her parents were Raymond R. Brown and Edith Player Brown. She moved to North Carolina to go to college. She studied at Bennett College. Her aunt, Willa Beatrice Player, was the president of the college at that time. Linda Brown studied English and French. She was the top student in her graduating class at Bennett College.

After college, she went to graduate school. She earned her master's degree from Case Western Reserve University. Later, she moved back to Ohio. She received her PhD (a very high degree) in African American Literature and Creative Writing from Union Institute and University.

Her Career as a Teacher and Writer

Linda Brown has taught at different schools and universities. These include Kent State University and the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. She also taught at Guilford College.

Today, she is a special professor at Bennett College for Women. Her title is the Willa B. Player Distinguished Professor of the Humanities. She teaches African American literature there.

Awards and Honors

Linda Brown has received several awards for her writing. These awards were given to her while she was in North Carolina. Some of her awards include:

• 2nd place in a Creative Writing Contest at her college.
• 1st place in fiction writing from the NC Coalition of the Arts.
• A special residency at the Headlands Center, which means she got time and space to focus on her writing.

Her Published Works

Linda Brown has written many different types of works.

Books She Has Written

• A Love Song to Black Men. Broadside Press. 1975.
• Rainbow 'Roun Mah Shoulder. Ballantine Press. 1989.
• Crossing Over Jordan, a novel. Ballantine Press. 1995.
• The Long Walk: The Story of the Presidency of Willa B. Player at Bennett College. Bennett College Women's Leadership Institute. 1999.

Articles She Has Written

• "Beloved, A Book Review," in Religion and Intellectual Life, vol.3, Spring, 1988.
• "Treasure," a short story in O. Henry Festival Stories, Transverse Press. 1995.
• "Poetry," in Word and Witness. Carolina Academic Press. 1999.

Plays She Has Written

• Congo's River Song, a one-act play. It was performed by the North Carolina Museum of Art on October 13, 2001.
• Dangerous Pretty. This was also performed as a one-act play by the North Carolina Museum of Art in 1999.
• "Dangerous Pretty", a fiction story in The Store of Joys, edited by Houston Paschal. The North Carolina Museum of Art. 1997.