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Homer Brooks

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Gender:Male

Race:White

Era:1930s

State:Texas

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Communism Communist Party USA

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Homer Brooks was the Communist candidate for governor of Texas, jailed at Port Arthur in 1936 while campaigning.

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Arrested: 1936

Sentence: Held at Port Arthur.

Convicted: Jailed, 1936

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