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Edward William Brooke III was born on October 26, 1919, in Washington, D.C., to a middle-class black family. [3] His father Edward William Brooke Jr. was a lawyer and graduate of Howard University who worked with the Department of Veterans Affairs , and his mother was Helen (née Seldon) Brooke. [ 4 ]
Sep 23, 2003 · His father, Edward Brooke, Jr., was an attorney for the Veterans Administration for more than fifty years, and his mother, Helen, later worked on all of Brooke’s political campaigns. Brooke entered Howard University at the age of sixteen, and earned his B.A. degree in sociology in 1941.
Jan 19, 2007 · Edward Brooke III, the son of Helen (Seldon) Brooke and Edward W. Brooke, was born October 26, 1919 in Washington, D.C. Brook’s father, Edward, earned a law degree at the Howard University School of Law and later served as an attorney with the US Veterans Administration.
Jun 27, 2018 · Edward William Brooke was born October 26, 1919, in Washington, D.C., the youngest child of Helen (Seldon) Brooke and Edward W. Brooke, an attorney reviewer for the Veterans Administration. The middle-class family resided mostly in black neighborhoods, but for a time lived in a white area so rigidly segregated that blacks were permitted to pass ...
Edward William Brooke III was born October 26, 1919, in Washington, D.C. He was raised by his parents Helen Seldon and Edward Brooke, Jr., a graduate of Howard University Law School, along with an older sister, Helene.
Oct 22, 2024 · Edward Brooke was an American lawyer and politician who was the first African American popularly elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served two terms (1967–79). Brooke earned his undergraduate degree at Howard University (Washington, D.C.) in 1941 and served as an infantry officer during World War.
His parents were Sir Thomas Brooke and wife Joan Braybroke, 5th Baroness Cobham. He was a member of parliament for Somerset in 1442, the same year he succeeded to his mother's title.
