- Collection:
- Reflections on Georgia Politics oral history collection, 2006-2010
- Title:
- Tyrone Brooks, 02 September 2009.
- Creator:
- Brooks, Tyrone, 1945
Short, Bob, 1932 - Contributor to Resource:
- Short, Bob, 1932-
- Date of Original:
- 2009-09-02
- Subject:
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Poor People's Campaign
Civil rights--United States
Civil rights movements--Southern States
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia
African Americans--Civil rights--United States
Political campaigns--Georgia
African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Political campaigns
Georgia
Southern States
United States - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000
Brooks, Tyrone
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Tyrone Brooks discusses his family and childhood in Warrenton, Georgia, and his early start in civil rights activism. He recalls meeting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and picketing segregated businesses. Brooks recalls his work with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and friendship with Hosea Williams and Ralph David Abernathy. He comments on the Montgomery bus boycott, the inception of the SCLC, and Dr. King's teachings based on Ghandi's non-violent civil disobedience. Brooks discusses the SCLS's relationship with other civil rights organization such as the NAACP and the planned sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina. Brooks discusses his friendship with Lonnie King, a student civil rights activist. He recalls being arrested over sixty times in the course of civil rights protests and his participation in the Poor People's Campaign. Brooks recalls fasting in a Washington, D.C., prison. Brooks recalls his experience with Bloody Sunday in Selma and its influence on politics in the South. He also discusses how the Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act changed Southern politics. Brooks discusses the importance of SCLS's need to adapt to present-day issues such as education and economic development. Brooks explains how he became interested in the politics, his campaign for State House, and his time in legislature. He discusses his involvement with the changing of the state flag, judiciary reform, and the Moore's Ford Bridge lynching case.
Tyrone L. Brooks was born in Washington, Georgia, on October 10, 1945. He grew up in Warrenton, and at age fifteen volunteered with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Brooks attended Howard University, Atlanta University, and the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. In 1967, he became a full-time staffer at SCLC. In 1980, he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives as a Democrat. He has sat on numerous committees, including Economic Development and Tourism, Governmental Affairs and Retirement, and Appropriations. Brooks has served as president of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials and is a member of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus.
Finding aid available in repository.
Interviewed by Bob Short. - Metadata URL:
- http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL220ROGP-085/ohms
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection, ROGP 085, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
- Extent:
- 1 interview (102 min.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection
http://sclfind.libs.uga.edu/sclfind/view?docId=ead/RBRL220ROGP.xml - Contributing Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
- Rights:
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