Biography
Thomas Rooney was arrested for unlawful entry on June 21, 1969 after joining more than one hundred freeway opponents who entered and began repairing a Brookland home seized from Black families for highway construction.
Photo: Gasch's Funeral Home obituary; photographer not credited. Original-image crop; identified by the source (sole obituary portrait; obituary identifies Brookland freeway activist and spouse Angela). Source: https://www.gaschs.com/obituaries/thomas-rooney . Non-free image used at low resolution under this site's educational/memorial fair-use rationale; not an open-license or permission claim.
