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BENJAMIN (LAWSON) HOOKS. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A., 31 January 1925. Studied at LeMoyne College, Memphis, 1941-43; Howard University, Washington, D.C., 1943-44; De Paul University, Chicago, J.D. 1948. Married: Frances Dancy, 1951;
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Benjamin Hooks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Benjamin Lawson Hooks (born January 31, 1925), is an American civil rights leader. A Baptist minister and practicing attorney, he served as executive director of the National Association for the Adva...
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BENJAMIN LAWSON HOOKS; 1925- ... Benjamin L. Hooks, civil rights attorney, minister, judge, and executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was born in Memphis, the son of Robert B. and Bessie Hooks and the grandson of Julia Britton and Charles Hooks.
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Definition of Hooks, Benjamin Lawson in the Legal Dictionary - by Free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. What is Hooks, Benjamin Lawson? Meaning of Hooks, Benjamin Lawson as a legal term. What does Hooks, Benjamin Lawson mean in law? ... Hooks, Benjamin Lawson; hooligan; hoot; Hoover, Herbert Clark; Hoover,
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Encyclopedia article about Hooks, Benjamin Lawson. Information about Hooks, Benjamin Lawson in the Columbia Encyclopedia, Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, computing dictionary. ... Hooker, Joseph; Hooker, Philip; Hooker, Richard; Hooker, Sir William Jackson; Hooker, Thomas; Hookeriales; Hooks, Benjamin; Hooks, Benjamin Lawson;
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"A Baptist minister serving on the executive board of King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Benjamin Hooks had a long career in law, business, and the judiciary before becoming the executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1977."--Martin Luther...
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Dr. Benjamin Lawson Hooks (born January 31, 1925), is an American civil rights leader. A Baptist minister and practicing attorney, he served as executive director of the NAACP from 1977 to 1992, and throughout his career has been a vocal campaigner for civil rights in the United States.
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Benjamin L. Hooks, was executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which seeks to achieve equal rights and to eliminate racial prejudice. Hooks was unanimously elected president of the NAACP in 1977. Hooks, an ordained Baptist minister, was born in Memphis to a middle-class family.
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Hooks, Benjamin Lawson - 1925—, American black leader, b. Memphis, Tenn. In 1972 President Nixon named Hooks, a lawyer and Baptist minister, to the Federal Communications Commission, making him its... ... Yahoo! Education > Reference > Encyclopedia > Hooks, Benjamin Lawson...
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CIVIL RIGHTS advocate Benjamin Lawson Hooks is best known as the forceful executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1977 to 1993. Before he led the NAACP, Hooks made a virtual career out of shattering the United States' racial barriers.
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