REP. SHARON SANDERS BROOKS

91st General Assembly

 

 

Rep. Sharon Sanders Brooks, a Democrat, represents part of Jackson County (District 37) in the Missouri House of Representatives.

 

Elected to the House in a special election held in April 2000, Rep. Sanders Brooks is an historical consultant.  Formerly she was a civil rights investigator, investigating employment and fair housing discrimination complaints in Kansas City.  She was also a journalist in the Kansas City area.

 

Rep. Sanders Brooks is a member of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Inc. (ASALH), Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the National Political Congress of Black Women, the Missouri Historical Society, the Missouri Women's Political Caucus, N.A.A.C.P., and the National Black Caucus of State Legislators.  She is a volunteer for the 18th & Vine Museums and attends St. James United Methodist Church.

 

A graduate of Francis L. Cardozo High School in Washington D.C., Rep. Sanders Brooks attended Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C. and received a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from The American University in Washington, D.C., in 1983.

 

Born July 17 in Lynchburg, Va., Rep. Sanders Brooks lives in Kansas City.