Tyrone L. Brooks: Known for Bringing Down the Georgia Confederate Flag

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Tyrone L. Brooks: Known for Bringing Down the Georgia Confederate Flag

Former Georgia Representative Tyrone L. Brooks is known around the world as the man who brought down the old racist, divisive symbol, the Georgia Confederate flag. Brooks was born on October 10, 1945, in Warrenton, Georgia, where he was reared and educated in the public school system. He received further education at Boggs Academy, Keysville, […]

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