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Full Moon Over Mt Hood Ron Brown; Oregon March 2, 2026

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Sinking Feeling

Artist: Ron Brown TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

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Consent (2010) dir. Ron Brown

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Cauldron of Souls

Artist: Ron Brown

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On this date, February 10, in 1989 Ron Brown (1941-1996) was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee. The election made Brown the first Black person to lead a major American political party.

Following his chairmanship, Brown served as the first Black United States Secretary of Commerce from January 1993 to April 1996, during the first term of President Bill Clinton. This photograph from a June 1993 issue of Nation’s Business shows Brown in his role as Secretary of Commerce addressing a televised town meeting on North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), along with co-panelists (left to right) small-business owner Steve Nunn, U.S. Chamber of Commerce board of directors Toby Malichi and Boyd Berends, and U.S. Chamber trade expert John Howard.

Nation’s Business’s was a monthly publication released by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Its publishing run lasted from 1912 to 1999. The Hagley Library’s holdings of this resource, call number f HF1 .N38 in our published collections, cover all the years of its publication, with issues for each year typically included in their entirety. All of the issues in our collection from 1914 on have been digitized - you can view them online now by clicking here.

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On This Day in History February 10, 1989: Ronald Harmon “Ron” Brown (August 1, 1941 - April 3, 1996), a former Supreme Court lawyer and leader of the National Urban League, was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In doing so, Brown became the first African American to hold the top position in a major American political party.

Brown helped Bill Clinton with his campaign for the Presidency of the United States during the election of 1992. When Clinton took office, Brown was appointed the Secretary of Commerce became the first African American to hold that Cabinet post. He would serve in that position until his death on April 3, 1996. Brown and a number of American businessmen were in a plane headed to Croatia that crashed attempting to land at Dubrovnik’s Cilipi Airport.

For Further Reading:

Biography of Ronald Brown from the BrownForum.net

Ron Brown from the PBS Frontline website

Ron Brown elected as head of DNC by ANDREW GLASS from Politico.com dated February 10, 1989

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After the rain Anna's Hummingbird Ron Brown; Dec 19, 2025 Willamette Valley, Oregon