Frank P. Brooks Explained

Frank P. Brooks (September 22, 1850 - ?) was an American farmer and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Sharkey County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1886 to 1888.[1]

He was born in Madison County, Mississippi[1] He went to school in Vicksburg, Mississippi.[2]

He was elected and re-elected to the Board of Supervisors but was asked to resign during his second term by a committee of whites. This occurred during a period of "disturbances" in the area of Deer Creek during which at least eight African Americans were killed.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Frank P. Brooks – Against All Odds.
  2. Web site: Frank P. Brooks (Sharkey County) · Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi · Mississippi State University Libraries.
  3. Web site: Mississippi in 1875: Report of the Select Committee to Inquire into the Mississippi Election of 1875, with the Testimony and Documentary Evidence. 1876.

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