Freddie Brooks
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Combined Graph record U-02172 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-1064. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Free-spirited activist
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Free-spirited activist
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- Also known as: portrayed by Cree Summer
- Work type: character
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- A Different World — featured in
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- https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/different-world-1987-1993/ (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
Freddie Brooks (full name Winifred 'Freddie' Brooks) is a character in A Different World, played by Cree Summer: BlackPast states that during the second season 'new characters were introduced including Winifred Freddie Brooks (Cree Summer), as a freshman student from New Mexico' (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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APA: CultureTechLens. (2026). Freddie Brooks (CTL-W-1064) [Entity record]. CultureTechLens Combined Graph. https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-w-1064/
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