Edward Brooke

Edward Brooke was an African-American civil rights activist. He was born in 1919 and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. By the 1960s, he had become involved in the civil rights movement, and though he didn't participate in the Lafayette Square Incident, Brooke was trusted to stand alongside President Clark Gable in December of 1962 to memorialize those killed. This seems to indicate that Brooke completely rejected the idea of violence against whites, and in a movement in which even most moderates advocated occasional violence, this stance would have made him a fringe figure. This, combined with the fact is he is mentioned only once in the entirety of For All Time, suggests that Brooke had little overall influence in the civil rights movement.

Mentions
Brooke is mentioned in Part 90 of For All Time.