Charles G. Brooks 1920- biographical file.
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Charles Gordon Brooks was born November 22, 1920 in Andualusia, Alabama. He attended Birmingham Southern College, which Brooks left in 1941 to attend the Chicago Academy of Fine Art. It was here that Brooks learned the art of editorial cartooning. After service in World War II, Brooks was hired as an editorial cartoonist for The Birmingham News in Birmingham, Alabama. He worked there from 1948 to 1985. Brooks passed away on September 29, 2011. Before his career as an editorial cartoonist, Brooks...