Corrinne Mudd Brooks (December 14, 1914 – August 5, 2008[1]) was an American activist who organized the first African-American Girl Scout troop in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
In 1933, she graduated from Central High School and then attended Indiana University, thanks to the award of a Civil Men's Scholarships.
Mudd Brooks' legacy is founded on organizing the first African American troop of girl scouts in Fort Wayne, IN.
In addition, she was an active member of several other organizations, including the Commission on the Status of Women for the State of Indiana and the YWCA.
[2] Source[2] Corrinne Mudd Brooks' commitment to helping her community contributed to the civil rights movement.
[4] After a study done in 1948 by the Urban League, the Phyllis Wheatley Center leadership realized that they would have to change their focus and programming.
The newly named organization from then on was focused around issues surrounding housing, employment, community, and race relations.
Regardless of the lack of success of each of those campaigns, she would then go forward to coordinate the Indianan voter registration drive in preparation of the 1960 presidential election.
[6] Due to her actions of going out registering over 40,000 people to voter, she was recognized by Senator, at the time, John F. Kennedy, who then invited her to a National Conference on Constitutional Rights and American Freedom.