# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cornell-william-brooks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:55:48.069Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cornell-william-brooks"
name: "Cornell William Brooks"
slug: "cornell-william-brooks"
description: "Cornell William Brooks is an American lawyer and activist. He was chosen to be the president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in May 2014. He previously served as president of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice in Newark, New Jersey, and as executive director of the Fair Housing Council of Greater Washington."
tagline: "American activist and lawyer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cornell_William_Brooks%2C_NAACP_President_%26_CEO%2C_We_Shall_Not_Be_Moved_Rally%2C_Washington_DC_(CROP).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1961"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           5.945465333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "CornellWBrooks"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump