Anna V. Brown (1914 – November 12, 1985) was an African-American advocate for the elderly who assisted Mayor Carl Stokes in developing aging programs in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1970s.

She was the recipient of the Juliette Derricotte Scholarship in 1939, which awarded her the trip, as part of a program initiated by Sue Bailey Thurman to honor outstanding students.

[3] After her trip abroad, Brown and her family moved to Cleveland, where she began working in 1941 for the Phillis Wheatley Association (PWA).

[5] In 1984, she became president of the National Council on Aging and served as a consultant to the Congressional Black Caucus Brain Trust.

Community partners including the City of Cleveland Department of Aging, Cleveland State University, Cuyahoga County Division of Senior and Adult Services, and Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging conducted the annual event for 27 years.