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Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, April 22, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-002267
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Civil Rights, Legislation
Dates: 1965-04-22
Box: 2007-255/133
Folder: Legis: Judiciary Voting Rights
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter sent by constituent Margie Cole asking Jack Brooks to send her information on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Ms. Cole alleges discrimination on the basis of sex in certain promotions at her place of work.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, November 23, 1983
Identifier: camh-dob-002571
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Civil Rights, Constitutional amendments
Dates: 1983-11-23
Box: 2007-255/541
Folder: 0.19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from constituent Betty Short of Nederland, TX expressing support for the Equal Rights Amendment.

Title: Letter from Geraldine Ferraro to Jack Brooks, November 16, 1983
Identifier: camh-dob-002573
Creator: Ferraro, Geraldine
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Civil Rights, Constitutional amendments
Dates: 1983-11-16
Box: 2007-255/541
Folder: 0.19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from former Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro thanking Jack Brooks for his support of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Title: Letter from Harold "Barefoot" Sanders to Jack Brooks, March 17, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-002268
Creator: Sanders, Barefoot, 1925-2008
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Civil Rights, Legislation
Dates: 1965-03-17
Box: 2007-255/133
Folder: Legis: Judiciary Voting Rights
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Harold "Barefoot" Sanders, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, to Jack Brooks attached to a copy of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, April 29, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-002266
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Civil Rights, Legislation
Dates: 1965-04-25
Box: 2007-255/133
Folder: Legis: Judiciary Voting Rights
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A copy of a letter sent in reply by Jack Brooks to a constituent, Margie Cole, who wrote to him asking about employment protections in the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, December 5, 1983
Identifier: camh-dob-002572
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Civil Rights, Constitutional amendments
Dates: 1983-12-05
Box: 2007-255/541
Folder: 0.19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter sent by Jack Brooks in response to a letter from constituent Betty Short regarding the Equal Rights Amendment.

Title: Letter from Martha Griffiths to Jack Brooks, August 13, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-001999
Creator: Griffiths, Martha W. (Martha Wright), 1912-2003
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Civil Rights, Legislation
Dates: 1970-08-13
Box: 2007-255/215
Folder: 190.24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Congresswoman Martha Griffiths thanking Jack Brooks for his support of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Title: Note from a constituent to Jack Brooks, March 21, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-002260
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Civil Rights, Protest movements
Dates: 1965-03-21
Box: 2007-255/133
Folder: Legis: Judiciary Voting Rights
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Note from constituent E.J. Quebedeaux regarding Social Security and the funding of civil rights protests.

Title: Statement from Jack Brooks regarding amendment to the Voting Rights Act extension, 1975
Identifier: camh-dob-001164
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Civil Rights
Dates: 1975
Box: 2007-255/349
Folder: 286.1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks explains an amendment he proposed to the Voting Rights Act extension in order to avoid penalizing states that had already ratified bilingual ballots, such as Texas.

Title: Texas Secretary of State Mark White -- Testimony on Voting Rights Extension, April 22, 1975
Identifier: camh-dob-001165
Creator: White, Mark, 1940-2017
Topic: Legislation, Civil Rights
Dates: 1975-04-22
Box: 2007-255/349
Folder: 286.1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A copy distributed to the Texas delegation of the remarks of the Texas Secretary of State, Mark White, before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights. The remarks are regarding the official Texas State opinion on the federal government sanctioning bilingual ballots, when Texas had already done so.