A LUMBEE GERSHOM

JoJo Brooks Shifflett is an attorney and writer who lives in Alexandria, Virginia. JoJo experienced the American Indian Movement firsthand at the side of her grandfather, Henry Brooks, who was a pioneer in the Robeson County Civil Rights movement. She has worked at the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in Washington D.C. and Lumbee River Legal Services in Pembroke, North Carolina. JoJo is part Tuscarora and is a member of the Lumbee Tribe.