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Catherine Burks-Brooks
American civil rights activist (1939–2023)
Catherine Burks-Brooks | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1939-10-08)October 8, 1939 nearSelma, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | July 3, 2023(2023-07-03) (aged 83) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Civil rights activist, teacher, social worker, jewelry retailer, and newspaper editor |
| Known for | Freedom Rides |
Catherine Burks-Brooks (October 8, 1939 – July 3, 2023) was an American civil rights movement activist, teacher, social worker, jewelry retailer, and newspaper editor.[1]
Early life
Burks was born on October 8, 1939, near Selma, Alabama, she was however raised in Birmingham, Alabama.
Burks was a student at Tennessee State University. Burks was active in the Mississippi movement and was the co-editor of Mississippi Free Press from 1962 to 1963. Burks taught as an elementary school teacher in 1964. In 1965–1966 she worked as a social worker in Detroit, she later became a jeweler specializing