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Joe Ellis Brown

1933–2018

United States

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Joe Ellis Brown (May 24, 1933 – January 7, 2018) was an American schoolteacher and politician. Born in Anderson County, South Carolina, to Prue Ellis and Elouise Grant-Brown, he played football at Allen University and obtained a master's degree at South Carolina State University. He was named principal of Hopkins High School in 1957.

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