Brooks, Charles b. 1920

Brooks started at the Birmingham Post in Alabama in 1948. He used the platform to express great faith in the character of the American people and harsh criticism of anyone or anything that attacked or insulted that character. He did not withhold criticism of the Ku Klux Klan, a group which is believed to have counted many of the city's powerful men among its members. In addition to cartooning, the News lent Brooks out to work with police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to create sketches of suspects from eyewitness descriptions.

Brooks was invited to the White House in 1982 and presented an original of to President Ronald Reagan. Former head of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, also requested a Brooks original cartoon, which he hung in his office.

Cartoons for sale:

Medicare
24th Feb. 1962
£325
25cm x 32cm
Birmingham News
President John F Kennedy cartoon medicare cartoon.