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Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, March 2, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001821
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, African Americans--Civil Rights
Dates: 1964-03-02
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from constituent A.J. Holmes asking Jack Brooks not to support the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which had been passed by the House of Representatives on February 10, 1964.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, May 18, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001596
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Organized crime
Dates: 1961-05-18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Wendell Holloway asks Jack Brooks to support Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's anti-crime bills, which had been discussed by Kennedy specifically in relation to Beaumont. Brooks was quoted as defending "the good name" of Beaumont. The constituent compares defending Beaumont to defending Nazi officer Adolph Eichmann, who, at the time of the letter, was being tried for war crimes in a widely publicized trial in Jerusalem.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, May 19, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001597
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Organized crime
Dates: 1961-05-19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A constituent letter from Howard Wilcox, who takes offense at Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's comments regarding crime in Beaumont.

Title: Telegram from a constituent to Jack Brooks, May 18, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001599
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Organized crime
Dates: 1961-05-18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A telegram from John Flowers, a constituent who is offended by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's testimony regarding organized crime in Beaumont.