Brooks, George B., 1905-1982
Biography:
Born July 20, 1905 in Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Brooks served as a member of Crawford, Georgia's city council in 1959 and as the city's mayor from 1960 to 1961 He represented the 50th district in the state senate from 1949 to 1950 and again from 1955 to 1956. He served as a member of the state House of Representatives for , Oglethorpe County from 1937 to 1942 and from 1951 to 1965. While in the House, he was a member of the 1960 Committee on Schools (Sibley Committee).
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Georgia House of Representatives clerk Glenn Wilson Ellard reading a committee report regarding integration at the University of Georgia in Atlanta, Georgia, 1961 January 19 (news)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Georgia House of Representatives clerk Glenn Wilson Ellard reading a committee report regarding integration at the University of Georgia in Atlanta, Georgia, 1961 January 19 (moving images)