Tempe History Society Lunch Talk

Samuel Brown and Tempe’s Mexican and American Frontier Heritage by Dr. Pete Dimas

Samuel Brown (1852-1937) is an influential bilingual-bicultural Mexican American politician and long-time Tempe Schools leader in the late 1890s. During his 25-year Presidency of the nationally known civil-rights organization, the Alianza Hispano Americana, with roots in Tempe, Samuel Brown fought against the segregation and racial discrimination of Mexicanos in the Northern frontier of Arizona. Dr. Pete Dimas, former History Professor at Phoenix College, is producer and director of the documentary series “Arizona’s Mexican Heritage: An American Story.”

Stop by Tempe History Museum for this free talk presented by Tempe History Society with generous support from Friendship Village.