She taught for four years at Young Harris College and then began her career at LaGrange College. She began teaching part time and then moved to full time. Marcia Brown gave a lecture on African American Art to the Northstar goup. One artist she mentioned was her personal visual favorite, William H. Johnson, yet she felt that the works of Jacob Lawrence were far more effective in their intentions than some of the other artists. As far as her views on civil rights, Brown feels that the civil rights movement is not moving at the pace it should be today.
People still have a long way to go in terms of equality.
Marcia Brown's lecture began with a with Colonial Art. This consisted of baskets, pottery, iron work, etc. There was a lot of the forced adoption of white man's art, language, religion, and culture. One of the most famous artists of this time was Joshua Johnson. The next era discussed was the Mid-Late 19th Century.