TN HJR0845

Resolution honors the memory of Representative Tommie F. Brown, who served Hamilton County's 28th House District across ten General Assemblies (98th through 107th)

Dr. Brown founded the Social Work program at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 1971 and became the first African-American woman to serve as a department head at the university

Lead plaintiff in Brown v. City of Chattanooga, which successfully challenged the at-large election system and transformed Chattanooga to a mayor-council system with district-based elections

Served as chair of the House Higher Education Subcommittee, vice chair of the House Education Committee, and chair of the Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators

Hamilton County Schools named the Dr. Tommie F. Brown Academy for Classical Studies in her honor in 2002