[4] She spent most of her life in South Jamaica, Queens in New York City and Kern County, California.

[7] Browne worked at Rutgers University in Newark from 1971 to 1992 as a faculty member of the Arts and Sciences department while continuing as an artist in her own right with shows across the country.

[10][11] In 2017, Browne was posthumously included in the exhibition We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85, organized by the Brooklyn Museum.

[17] In addition to her career as an artist, Browne was a teacher and professor, working in high schools and colleges throughout New York and New Jersey.

[18] Browne's work is housed in public and private collections all over the United States, primarily in New York and California.

[21] Browne is included in the Center for the Women in the Arts and Humanities virtual exhibit at Rutgers University.

Many of Browne's works, particularly those from the 1960s, showcase her dissatisfaction with the struggles of growing up as a disenfranchised black woman.

[23] In addition to serving as a professor and department chair at Rutgers, Browne was honored most notably for her political works showcasing her life as a black woman.