Charles Brooks, Jr.

Charles Brooks, Jr., (September 1, 1942 – December 7, 1982) was a convicted murderer who was the first person in the United States to be executed using lethal injection. He was the first prisoner executed in Texas since 1964, and the first African-American to be executed anywhere in the United States of America in the post-Gregg era.

Biography

Brooks was raised in a family in Fort Worth, Texas. He attended I.M. Terrell High School (named after its first principal Isaiah Milligan Terrell), where he played football.

He had a prior criminal history, having served time at the United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth for illegal possession of firearms.

On December 14, 1976, Brooks went to a used car lot and asked to test drive a car. The mechanic, David Gregory, accompanied him in the car. After Brooks picked up his accomplice Woody Loudres, they put the mechanic in the trunk of the car and Brooks and Loudres drove to a motel. There the mechanic was bound to a chair with coat hangers, gagged with tape and then shot once in the head. Neither Brooks nor Loudres would say who fired the shot and therefore the State sought the death penalty for both Brooks and Loudres. Loudres received a 40 year sentence; Brooks received the death sentence.

Charles Brooks

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Charles Brooks (trade unionist)

Charles E. Brooks (1915–1977) was a Canadian labour union activist, the first president of the United Auto Workers Local 444, who was assassinated by an upset employee of Chrysler Motors.

Brooks was born in Windsor, Ontario. Growing up during the Great Depression, he witnessed first-hand the devastation that the Windsor citizens endured at that time, and these experiences brought him into the trade union movement.

CAW Local 444

Brooks played a key role in the foundation of CAW Local 444, one of the largest locals of the United Auto Workers in Canada. He served as its president for 21 years, from 1956 until his death in 1977, during which time he fought for greater wages and benefits for Chrysler workers. This helped to improve the quality of life and standard of living in Windsor, which was a city that was economically fuelled by the Chrysler, Ford and General Motors plants located in the city. After his death, Local 444 became part of the Canadian Auto Workers in 1985.

List of Younger characters

Younger is an American comedy-drama television series based on the Pamela Redmond Satran novel of the same name. The series stars Sutton Foster as the lead character, with Debi Mazar, Miriam Shor, Nico Tortorella, Hilary Duff, Molly Bernard and Peter Hermann co-starring in other main roles. The Show is about a single mother who decides to take the chance to reboot her career and her love life as a 26-year old after being mistaken for younger than she really is.

Main characters

Liza Miller

A 40-year old suddenly single mother who tries to get back into the working world, only to find it’s nearly impossible to start at the bottom at her age. When a chance encounter with the sexy Josh, a young tattoo artist, convinces her she looks younger than she is, Liza tries to pass herself off as 26 – with the help of a makeover, courtesy of her best friend Maggie. Armed with new confidence, she lands a job as an assistant to the temperamental Diana at Empirical Press, and teams up with her new 20-something co-worker Kelsey to make it the career of her dreams. Now she just has to make sure no one discovers her secret.