Robert Lee Brokenburr was an American attorney, civil rights leader, and state legislator in Indiana.
10 Facts About Robert Brokenburr
1.
2.
Robert Lee Brokenburr was born on November 16,1886, in Phoebus, Virginia.
3.
Robert Brokenburr graduated from Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in 1906, and received a law degree from Howard University in 1909.
4.
Robert Brokenburr was admitted to the Indiana State Bar in 1910.
5.
In 1910, Brokenburr moved to Indianapolis where he shared an office with Freeman B Ransom.
6.
Robert Brokenburr served as deputy prosecuting attorney for Marion County from 1919 to 1931.
7.
Robert Brokenburr became president of the Indianapolis chapter of the NAACP in 1914.
8.
Robert Brokenburr unsuccessfully ran for office in the Indiana House of Representatives three times between 1912 and 1934.
9.
Robert Brokenburr served four additional terms in 1944,1952,1956, and 1960.
10.
Robert Brokenburr married Alice Glover, who attended Hampton Normal, in 1911 in Indianapolis.