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Arnold E. Brown

1932–

United States

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Arnold E. Brown (born April 21, 1932) is an American Democratic Party politician who became the first African American elected to represent Bergen County, New Jersey in the New Jersey Legislature, when was elected in 1965 to serve in the New Jersey General Assembly.

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