Earl Louis Brown (July 24, 1900 – April 13, 1980) was an American Negro league pitcher, journalist, and politician.

A native of Charlottesville, Virginia, Brown attended Harvard University, where he was a star pitcher for the Crimson.

He graduated from Harvard in 1924, and that summer played briefly for the Lincoln Giants of the Eastern Colored League.

He went on to teach economics and government at Virginia Union University and Louisville Municipal College before turning to a career in journalism.

In 1958, he lost a bid to unseat incumbent U.S. Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Brown later became chairman of New York City's Commission on Human Rights.