--- title: "3 Cornell William Brooks Quotes - Famous Lawyer" description: "American activist and lawyer... | Cornell William Brooks is an American lawyer and activist. He was chosen to be the president of the National Associati..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b139/author-cornell-william-brooks-81138.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Cornell William Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b139/author-cornell-william-brooks-81138.jpg) # Cornell William Brooks (1960) Lawyer **3** quotes in **46** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Cornell William Brooks is a lawyer. ## Quick Facts About Cornell William Brooks Born November 30, 1960 Profession Lawyer ## About Cornell William Brooks American activist and lawyer... \| Cornell William Brooks is an American lawyer and activist. He was chosen to be the president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in May 2014. He previously served as president of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice in Newark, New Jersey, and as executive ## Quotes by Cornell William Brooks > [My life is the direct product, if you will, of the legacy of the blood, sweat and tears of the NAACP and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-william-brooks/my-life-is-the-direct-product-if-you-will-of-the-legacy-of-the-blood/) [Cornell William Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-william-brooks/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac1/cornell-william-brooks-81138_america_my-life-is-the-direct-product-if-you-wil_45252.png) > [Americans live in a country where African-American young men are twenty-five times more likely to lose their lives at the hands of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-william-brooks/americans-live-in-a-country-where-african-american-young-men-are/) [Cornell William Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-william-brooks/) [Americans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/americans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/cornell-william-brooks-81138_americans_americans-live-in-a-country-where-africa_1229421.png) > [To simply say that black people made allegations that substantiated an unfair and selective prosecution where you had more than half of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-william-brooks/to-simply-say-that-black-people-made-allegations-that-substantiated/) [Cornell William Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-william-brooks/) [Activist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/activist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56a/cornell-william-brooks-81138_activist_to-simply-say-that-black-people-made-all_2855719.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-william-brooks/#itemlist", "name": "Cornell William Brooks Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My life is the direct product, if you will, of the legacy of the blood, sweat and tears of the NAACP and so today I'm particularly mindful that the NAACP has made America what it is, and certainly made my life possible and we are all grateful heirs of that legacy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cornell William Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-william-brooks/my-life-is-the-direct-product-if-you-will-of-the-legacy-of-the-blood/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac1/cornell-william-brooks-81138_america_my-life-is-the-direct-product-if-you-wil_45252.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac1/cornell-william-brooks-81138_america_my-life-is-the-direct-product-if-you-wil_45252.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac1/cornell-william-brooks-81138_america_my-life-is-the-direct-product-if-you-wil_45252.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My life is the direct product, if you will, of the legacy of the blood, sweat and tears of the NAACP and so…” — Cornell William Brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Americans live in a country where African-American young men are twenty-five times more likely to lose their lives at the hands of the police than their white counterparts.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cornell William Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-william-brooks/americans-live-in-a-country-where-african-american-young-men-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/cornell-william-brooks-81138_americans_americans-live-in-a-country-where-africa_1229421.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/cornell-william-brooks-81138_americans_americans-live-in-a-country-where-africa_1229421.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/cornell-william-brooks-81138_americans_americans-live-in-a-country-where-africa_1229421.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Americans live in a country where African-American young men are twenty-five times more likely to lose their…” — Cornell William Brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To simply say that black people made allegations that substantiated an unfair and selective prosecution where you had more than half of the counts thrown out, where you had 27 counts where it took the jury less than four hours to find them not guilty - that speaks to fact that here we have three civil-rights activists, acquitted. 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