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Like his uncle,<ref>Jackson, Leah (November 29, 2011). [http://news.nsula.edu/home/family-donates-john-overton-collection-to-library Family donates John Overton Collection to library]. ''Northwestern State University''. Retrieved August 23, 2021.</ref> Brooks played a role in establishing flood control programs.<ref>Suhayda, Merle. [https://www.lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/2492m.pdf Overton Brooks Papers]. ''Louisiana State University''. Retrieved August 23, 2021.</ref>

Like his uncle,<ref>Jackson, Leah (November 29, 2011). [http://news.nsula.edu/home/family-donates-john-overton-collection-to-library Family donates John Overton Collection to library]. ''Northwestern State University''. Retrieved August 23, 2021.</ref> Brooks played a role in establishing flood control programs.<ref>Suhayda, Merle. [https://www.lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/2492m.pdf Overton Brooks Papers]. ''Louisiana State University''. Retrieved August 23, 2021.</ref>

[[File:Overton Brooks 1955.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Brooks in 1955.]]

[[File:Overton Brooks 1955.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Brooks in 1955.]]

Along with the rest of the Louisiana congressional delegation, Brooks signed the 1956 [[Southern Manifesto]] in opposition to school desegregation as ordered by the [[United States Supreme Court]] in the ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' ruling.<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/84/crecb/1956/03/12/GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf GOI-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved August 23, 2021.</ref>

Along with the rest of the Louisiana congressional delegation, Brooks signed the 1956 [[Southern Manifesto]] in opposition to school desegregation as ordered by the [[United States Supreme Court]] in the ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' ruling.<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/84/crecb/1956/03/12/GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf GOI-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved August 23, 2021.</ref>