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Dallas Urban League executive addresses BCD
 Baylor College of Dentistry will host Dr. Beverly
Mitchell-Brooks, president and CEO of the Dallas Urban League, at noon Feb. 19 in Room 605. Sponsored by the college's Student National Dental Association in recognition of Black History Month,
Mitchell-Brooks' one-hour presentation titled "The Significance of Black History Month" is open to faculty, staff and students. The U.S. Navy will provide a complimentary lunch at 11:45 a.m., and Johnetta Ingram of
Dallas will sing "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
In 1990, Mitchell-Brooks became the first woman to head the league in its 33-year history. Under her leadership, the league implemented Dallas' first "Building Bridges of Understanding" program and built the
organization's first permanent headquarters and state-of-the-art technology center in the heart of Oak Cliff. In addition to her DUL duties, she is an adjunct professor of anatomy and physiology at El Centro
College in Dallas.
Her career in public service began after an extensive scientific career. Born, raised and educated in South Dallas, Mitchell-Brooks received a master's degree in genetics from Texas Woman's University in Denton,
Texas, becoming the first African-American to achieve the degree in pure science from the school. She earned her doctoral degree in molecular biology/biochemistry through a joint program between TWU and the
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. Her research project in the area of enzymology under Dr. Thomas Smith has been expanded and continues at Howard University.
Mitchell-Brooks worked as an environmental specialist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the city of Dallas as well as on the faculty of Northlake College and Bishop College, both in Dallas.
Mitchell-Brooks moved into her public service career when she became the interim director, then director, of the Martin Luther King Center. She also was executive director of the Greater Dallas Community Relations
Commission, where she implemented the city's first Race Relations Conference and developed the first MLK Institute. In addition, she was director of public affairs for Dallas Area Rapid Transit where she worked
with the community to bring the first cross-town bus route (Route 66) to Oak Cliff.
Mitchell-Brooks has many honors to her credit and serves in a variety of civic, community and religious organizations. Her articles have appeared in The Journal of Biochemistry and Genetics.
For more information about the presentation, call Betty Prikosovits, administrative secretary in the Office of Communications and Development, at Ext 8471.
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