1886, July 7Born, Greenville, Miss.1905Normal school degree, Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tenn.1906circa 1914Public school teacher, Greenville, Miss. 1916Married Swan Marshall Kendrick (died 1923)circa 1927circa 1974Active with the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs as executive, secretary, director of public relations, and historian1942B.A., Howard University, Washington, D.C. 1986, Oct. 30Died, Washington, D.C.
Hattie Kendrick
1894, Nov. 28Born, Duncan, Miss.circa 1914Normal school degree, Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tenn.circa 1915circa 1920Public school teacher, Clarksdale, Miss. circa 19201953Teacher, Cairo, Ill.1943Filed suit against Cairo, Ill., board of education seeking pay equity; suit won by Thurgood Marshall of the NAACP in 1946.1967circa 1969Teacher, Illinois Migrant School Eight, Cairo, Ill.1973Filed class action suit against city of Cairo, Ill., challenging electoral system; consent degree granted 1980.1989, June 11Died, Carbondale, Ill.
Antoinette Brooks Mitchell
1892, Aug. 12Born, Washington, D.C.1910Graduated M Street High School, Washington, D.C.circa 1910circa 1912Attended Howard University, Washington, D.C.1912Married Louis A. Mitchell 19151916Lived with husband in London, England19161930Lived with husband in Paris, France1972, May 31Died, Washington, D.C.
Louis A. Mitchell
1885, Dec. 17Born, Asbury Park, N.J.1907Joined Cole & Johnson vaudeville troupe as a singer and actor1912Married Antoinette Brooks19131914Managed Southern Symphony Quintette and played bandoline and drums, Beaux Arts Café, New York, N.Y. 1914Played Piccadilly Restaurant, London, England19141915Toured United States with Clef Club orchestra, directed by James Reese Europe1915Toured England as part of the Jordan and Mitchell duoDrummer, London Hippodrome, London, England 19171918Organized and directed ragtime and jazz band Seven Spades on tour in England and Francecirca 1919circa 1924Organized and directed Mitchell's Jazz Kings, Casino de Paris, Paris, France19241930Owned and managed several nightclubs and restaurants in Paris, France19301957Worked in advertising, public relations, newspaper circulation, beer
distribution, and nightclubs, New York, N.Y., Newark, N.J., Pittsburgh, Pa., and Washington, D.C.1957, Sept. 12Died, Washington, D.C.
Charlotte Kendrick Brooks
1918, June 5Born, Washington, D.C., to Ruby Moyse Kendrick 1939B.A., Howard University, Washington, D.C.Married Walter H. Brooks (1916- )19411961Teacher, Washington D.C., public schools19611973Assistant director and director, English department, Washington, D.C., public schools 19751976President, National Council of Teachers of English1998, Dec. 7Died, Washington D.C. From the guide to the Kendrick-Brooks Family Papers, 1831-2000, (bulk 1912-1989), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)