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Ron Brown was the first African American to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and the chairman of the Democratic National Committee. He died in a plane crash in Croatia in 1996, while leading a trade mission to the region.
A US Air Force Boeing CT-43A carrying Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and 34 others crashed into a mountainside near Dubrovnik, Croatia, on 3 April 1996. The accident was caused by a failure of command, aircrew error and an improperly designed instrument approach procedure.
Ronald James Brown (born March 31, 1961) is an American former athlete and professional football player. He won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics. [2] Brown played as a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He went to Arizona State University. [3]
Ron Brown (born August 1, 1941, Washington, D.C.—died April 3, 1996, near Dubrovnik, Croatia) was an American politician, the first African American to be chairman (1989–93) of a major U.S. political party and the first to be appointed secretary of commerce (1993–96).
Feb 9, 2010 · Ron Brown was the first African American to lead the Democratic Party and the Commerce Department. He died along with 32 other Americans when their plane crashed in Croatia...
Nov 6, 2023 · As an armed escort, supported by the U.S. military, ushered us to the Brazzaville airport and to eventual safety in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), we had no way of knowing our fragile well-being was going to be firmly tied to the denominational changes which were brewing.
Ron Brown was a sprinter who won a gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. He also played for the Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Raiders in the NFL from 1984 to 1991.
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Apr 4, 1996 · In the summer of 1991, when then-President George Bush appeared invincible, few Democrats believed they could win back the White House. Ronald H. Brown never doubted it would happen.
