Brooks in 2012, photo by PrPhotos
Birth Name: Avery Franklin Brooks
Place of Birth: Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 2, 1948
Ethnicity: African-American
Avery Brooks is an American actor, director, singer, narrator, and educator. His roles include the series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Spenser: For Hire, and A Man Called Hawk, and the film American History X.
Avery is the son of Eva Lydia Crawford, a chorale conductor and music instructor, and Samuel Brooks, a tool and die worker, who was a union official. He is married to assistant dean Vicki Bowen, with whom he has three children.
Avery’s maternal grandfather was Samuel Travis/Traverse Crawford, a singer (the son of Samuel Crawford and Fannie Rush). Travis was born in Mississippi.
Avery’s maternal grandmother was Eva Roberts (the daughter of Robert Louis/Lewis Roberts and Rosa Bell/Rosebelle Chatman). Eva was born in Mississippi.
Source: Avery’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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