Sen. Ed Brooke -- Forgotten Civil Rights Icon Lecture 🎙️
Wednesday, February 226:30—8:00 PMBoardwalk Room (Room 2)Sandwich Public Library142 Main St., Sandwich, MA, 02563
In celebration of Black History Month, we proudly offer "Senator Edward W. Brooke, III -- Forgotten Civil Rights Icon" to the Sandwich Public Library. Lead by Boston-based freelance writer, Alan R. Earls, this lecture will introduce us to one of the most influential and important members of the Massachusetts political landscape. Winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal and a Bronze Star Medal, Brooke is one of the lesser known political figures in American history.
Brooke represented Massachusetts as the first African American popularly elected to the United States Senate from 1967 until 1979. Prior to serving in the Senate, he graduated from Howard University and served in the United States Army during World War II. Brooke also served as the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1963 until 1967. Brooke is credited with co-writing the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which prohibited housing discrimination.
Alan Earls is a Boston-based freelance writer. Over his career, Earls has helped to launch more than half a dozen print publications. As a journalist, Earls has covered nearly every major development in technology and has interviewed many of the industry's most significant players.
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