Edgar George Brown
Edgar George Brown (1898–1954) was a civil rights advocate, tennis player, union organizer, and politician in the United States in Northwest Washington, DC, in the neighborhood later known as Adams Morgan, where he was a Black lobbyist and active advocate for low paid African American laborers. He was born in Sandoval, Illinois. He was a four-time American Tennis Association champion (1922, 1923, 1928 and 1929). He was known as a master of topspin. He was one of the founders of the National Lawn Tennis Association. He was a member of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Black Cabinet, a founding member of the National Negro Council, and the United Government Employees Union. In July 1941, Brown staged a one-person sit-down strike in Washington National Airport's main coffee shop after being refused a cup because of his being Black. See also
Tally Holmes
Lucy Slowe

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African-American male tennis players
American male tennis players
1898 births
1954 deaths
American civil rights activists