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Richard Brookshire is an American civil rights activist and political strategist. He is best known for co-founding the Black Veterans Project, a national research and advocacy effort building a framework for reparations to address long-standing racial inequities in access to veterans benefits that siphoned billions out of the Black community. His work has been highlighted by Southern Poverty Law Center, NPR and Associated Press.

Early life and education
Brookshire was raised by his Haitian-American mother in Coral Springs, Florida. He graduated from Coral Springs Charter School in 2006. He attended Morehouse College on a full academic scholarship his freshman year, majoring in African Studies.