Brooke's date of birth and childhood residence

A member of the African American 366th Unit, Brooke was initially stationed in this state on guard duty

The political party that Brooke joined in 1952; his original vocation

This Vice President administered the oath of office to Brooke when he entered the Senate on January 10, 1967

Brooke sponsored legislation to withdraw all American soldiers from Vietnam if the Vietcong returned all American POWs within a six month timeframe, but the Senate and House rejected his proposal in 1972

Brooke's religious convictions

Brooke developed an affinity for the law in this context

From 1961 until 1962, he oversaw this quasi-judicial government organization that investigated corruption in Boston and abuse of the public's trust

In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him to serve on this commission in the aftermath of deadly northern race riots. Name the report and its year of publication.

He opposed this President's alleged antibusing legislation in 1976

Name of Brooke's high school

The country where Brooke served in combat, ultimately attaining the rank of captain?

As attorney general, Brooke worked behind the scenes with his office's civil rights division, the state legislature and other stakeholders to amend Massachusetts's comprehensive housing bill

Unsatisfied with the limited provisions in the 1968 Fair Housing Act, that he co-sponsored with then-Senator Walter Mondale, Brooke sponsored this bill on March 7, 1968 to strengthen the Fair Housing Act. His proposed legislation was later incorporated into law in August 1968. Name the law.

During the 1978 midterm Senate campaign, which he lost to Rep. Paul Tsongas, Brooke discussed these three issues

Name of the university Brooke attended and his degree

Brooke's work behind enemy lines with Italian partisans, other African American officers and soldiers

Mrs. Louise Day Hicks, an opponent of desegregation, wanted AG Brooke to force African American children to attend segregated schools. His neutrality was tacit support for Boston's African American community.

In 1969 and 1970, he voted to reject President Richard Nixon's Supreme Court nominees due to their questionable records regarding civil rights

Brooke served on the U.S. Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians as well as President Ronald Reagan's Commission on Housing. Name each commission's respective reports and their years of publication.

The beginning of Brooke's military service and ROTC
rank at Howard University

The Italian city where Brooke met his first wife, Remigia Ferrari-Scacco

In 1965, he organized a multi-state amicus curiae brief on behalf of the U.S. attorney general during a Supreme Court test case over the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act

He opposed antibusing amendments to a 1969 Senate bill

Other notable moments in Brooke's life