While he grew up primarily with his mother in Prince William County, Brown was sent to Washington to attend Woodrow Wilson High School,[5] where he participated in the Mayor's Youth Leadership Institute.

[6] Brown attended Talladega College[7] (where he met his future wife, Marcia[8]) and graduated from Morgan State University in Baltimore, earning a Bachelor of Arts in marketing in 1994.

The Act also authorized the mayor to borrow $1 billion, which would be repaid with $60 million annual payments from revenue from the future District lottery.

[15] Later, Brown authored the amendment that led to $48 million for vocational education to build the Phelps Architecture, Construction and Engineering Academy.

[19] The Agency would be responsible to ensure that developers meet environmental standards, affordable-housing requirements, and laws involving hiring local employees.

He faced no opposition in the November 2 general election, and Brown was sworn in as chairman of the DC Council on January 2, 2011.

[26] On June 6, 2012, Federal prosecutors charged D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown with one count of bank fraud in U.S. District Court.

Also that day, he pled guilty in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the campaign finance violation, a misdemeanor.