LCV Cities Tour - Beaumont: Congressman Jack Brooks February 2, 2012
Lamar University History Professor Robert Robertson talks about former Congressman Jack Brooks, a Democrat who served from 1953-1995. Robertson talks about Brooks role in passing several pieces of Civil Rights legislation including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act. Brooks was also in the motorcade in Dallas the day President Kennedy was shot. We are standing at the base of a statue of Jack Brooks, which is located in the central plaza at Lamar University.
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