MEDIA Show Media Credit: University of Virginia LibraryOriginal Author: UnknownCreated: February 14, 1885Medium: Newpaper engravingRobert Peel BrooksAn engraved portrait of Robert Peel Brooks, one of Richmond's first African American lawyers and a Republican Party leader, is included in his obituary published in the New York Freeman on February 14, 1885.FEATURED INRobert Peel Brooks (1853–1882)Lucy Goode Brooks (1818–1900)Albert R. Brooks (c. 1817–1881)