Julia Evangeline Brooks

Career and later life After graduation from Howard University with a B.A. degree in 1916, Brooks was qualified to teach at the high school level. She taught Spanish and English for six years at Washington D.C.'s Dunbar High School. Brooks went on to graduate study during summers at Columbia University in New York City and received her Master of Arts in 1928.

Brooks devoted her life to education. Beginning in 1922, Brooks was promoted to assistant principal at Dunbar High School. Brooks served in this position for 26 years, through the rest of her life. She was also appointed Dean of Girls.

Brooks directly assisted six nieces and nephews with obtaining a college education by support, taking them to special events, tutoring when necessary, and contributing financially.

She was a charter member of Xi Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha in Washington, D.C., established in 1923. Brooks wrote an early history of the sorority, which she gave at the 1923 Boulé in Baltimore, Maryland. At Founders' Day at Xi Omega on January 30, 1924, the history was presented as a lecture.

Brooks died on November 24, 1948.