Elizabeth Carter Brooks

Elizabeth Carter Brooks (1867–1951) was an American American educator, social activist and architect. Quotes All seem to feel that I understand them. About the elderly; reported in Tom Begley and Ann O'Leary, "Organizing for Equality: Elizabeth Carter Brooks", Rhode Tour (accessed October 1, 2026) Quotes about Brooks Brooks is a rare figure among African Americans, not only because she designed institutions for race betterment, but because she was also involved in some of the earliest attempts to preserve historic Black sites. . . . Like many women reformers of her day, Brooks understood that these monuments to ‘race history’ were an important part of the African American landscape and deserved to be preserved. Angel David Nieves, "Elizabeth Carter Brooks", in Dreck Spurlock Wilson, ed., African-American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865–1945 (New York: Routledge, 2004), pp. 67–68 External links Category:1867 births Category:1951 deaths Category:Educators from the United States