Brooks Family

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Ruby Moyse Kendrick

1886, July 7 Born, Greenville, Miss. 1905 Normal school degree, Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tenn. 1906 circa 1914 Public school teacher, Greenville, Miss. 1916 Married Swan Marshall Kendrick (died 1923) circa 1927 circa 1974 Active with the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs as executive, secretary, director of public relations, and historian 1942 B.A., Howard University, Washington, D.C. 1986, Oct. 30 Died, Washington, D.C.

Hattie Kendrick

1894, Nov. 28 Born, Duncan, Miss. circa 1914 Normal school degree, Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tenn. circa 1915 circa 1920 Public school teacher, Clarksdale, Miss. circa 1920 1953 Teacher, Cairo, Ill. 1943 Filed suit against Cairo, Ill., board of education seeking pay equity; suit won by Thurgood Marshall of the NAACP in 1946. 1967 circa 1969 Teacher, Illinois Migrant School Eight, Cairo, Ill. 1973 Filed class action suit against city of Cairo, Ill., challenging electoral system; consent degree granted 1980. 1989, June 11 Died, Carbondale, Ill.

Antoinette Brooks Mitchell

1892, Aug. 12 Born, Washington, D.C. 1910 Graduated M Street High School, Washington, D.C. circa 1910 circa 1912 Attended Howard University, Washington, D.C. 1912 Married Louis A. Mitchell 1915 1916 Lived with husband in London, England 1916 1930 Lived with husband in Paris, France 1972, May 31 Died, Washington, D.C.

Louis A. Mitchell

1885, Dec. 17 Born, Asbury Park, N.J. 1907 Joined Cole & Johnson vaudeville troupe as a singer and actor 1912 Married Antoinette Brooks 1913 1914 Managed Southern Symphony Quintette and played bandoline and drums, Beaux Arts Café, New York, N.Y. 1914 Played Piccadilly Restaurant, London, England 1914 1915 Toured United States with Clef Club orchestra, directed by James Reese Europe 1915 Toured England as part of the Jordan and Mitchell duo Drummer, London Hippodrome, London, England 1917 1918 Organized and directed ragtime and jazz band Seven Spades on tour in England and France circa 1919 circa 1924 Organized and directed Mitchell's Jazz Kings, Casino de Paris, Paris, France 1924 1930 Owned and managed several nightclubs and restaurants in Paris, France 1930 1957 Worked 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. 12 Died, Washington, D.C.

Charlotte Kendrick Brooks

1918, June 5 Born, Washington, D.C., to Ruby Moyse Kendrick 1939 B.A., Howard University, Washington, D.C. Married Walter H. Brooks (1916- ) 1941 1961 Teacher, Washington D.C., public schools 1961 1973 Assistant director and director, English department, Washington, D.C., public schools 1975 1976 President, National Council of Teachers of English 1998, Dec. 7 Died, Washington D.C.

From the guide to the Kendrick-Brooks Family Papers, 1831-2000, (bulk 1912-1989), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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