Brooks Family

Biographical Note

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)