Benjamin Lawson Hooks was a vocal leader about civil rights and dedicated his life to breaking down racial barriers throughout the United States. He was also a Baptist minister, attorney, and served as executive director of the NAACP from 1977 to 1992. Hooks was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He was the fifth child out of […]

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