Pat has a long history of community activism in North Omaha and serves as the genteel elder stateswoman of the Central High Alumni Association. Beginning in 1963, Brown spent 40 years as an information specialist with Northwestern Bell/Century Link telephone company. When she was 20 in 1958, she met Dr. Martin Luther King at her grandparents’ home in Omaha. She became an activist in North Omaha for equal rights in housing, employment and public access. She served as board president with the Omaha branch of the NAACP, board secretary for the Urban League and president of the Urban League’s guild. She has also been active as a volunteer and secretary with the Charles Drew Health Center board, the Amaranthas Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star (Masons) and the Daughters of the Imperial Council (Shriners). She is a longtime member of the Central alumni board, and is still active with the organization more than 70 years after she graduated.