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Title: Remarks of Hon[orable] Jack Brooks, Bmt. [Beaumont] YWCA Racial Justice Awards, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-000988
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: African Americans--Civil Rights, United States. Congress. House
Box: 2007-255/746
Folder: 7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's remarks with handwritten notes expressing his gratitude to be honored at the Beaumont YWCA Racial Justice Awards for his contributions to racial equality throughout his career in Congress.

Title: Speech by Jack Brooks at the Brooks Chair Symposium, Lamar University, Friday, March 15, 2002
Identifier: camh-dob-000995
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, African Americans--Civil Rights
Dates: 2002-03-22
Box: 2007-255/746
Folder: 9
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's remarks with handwritten notes at the Brooks Chair Symposium. Brooks talks about his philosophies when serving as a Congressman, including helping his constituents when they called his office for help, but sometimes voting against his constituents' interests when he could better serve the interests of the entire nation, including his work on the Civil Rights Act.