| Title: |
Courtney Brooks
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
City of Alexandria, Virginia. Historic Alexandria
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| Collection: |
Historic Alexandria Oral History Collection
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| Description: |
Although Courtney Brooks worked for the Records Center of the General Accounting Office, his real interests as an adult were in activities that he started in childhood. One was a drummer in the Armstrong High School Band. The other was playing sports in the neighborhood. He played in his own band, the Courtney Brooks All Stars, and others all around the country. In 1946 he started a semi-pro football team, the Alexandria Rams, which was integrated by 1951. A decade later he started a football team for boys coming out of high school. He was also instrumental in starting a baseball league for youth. In all of these, he experience and moved along, the shift from segregation to integration. Today he is still helping his neighbors by volunteering at a food mission, directing the Blues Society, and organizing neighborhood festivals.
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| URL: |
http://oha.ci.alexandria.va.us/oha-main/oralhistory/oha-courtneybrooks.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 2002 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Brooks, Courtney, 1923-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
17-Nov-1923
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Alexandria, VA; Virginia; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Athletic coach; Musician
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| Age at speaking: |
79
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| Document location: |
Alexandria, VA
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| Document date: |
21-Mar-2002
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| Locations discussed: |
Alexandria, VA; North America; United States; Virginia
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Alexandria (Va.)--History; Alexandria, VA; Local history; North America; Old Town (Alexandria, Va.)--History; Oral history; United States; Virginia
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0029164-32244
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