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Benjamin Hooks
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American civil rights leader (1925-2010)
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Benjamin Hooks was an American lawyer, professor, and judge born in Memphis in 1925. He was educated at Howard University and served as a staff sergeant in the United States Army. Hooks was a member of the NAACP, the Federal Communications Commission, the American Bar Association, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He was also a Baptist.
Hooks received the Spingarn Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His archives are held at the University of Memphis. He died in Memphis on April 15, 2010. Although some sources list him as the author of works such as *Laboratory Manual for Physical and Environmental Geology*, these titles appear to be associated with a different individual sharing his name.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Laboratory Manual for Physical and Environmental Geology - EBook
- Laboratory Manual for Physical and Environmental Geology
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Benjamin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Memphis
- Place of death
- Memphis
- Occupation
- judge
- Religion
- Baptists
- Award
- hall of fame
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Military rank
- staff sergeant
- Image
- Benjamin Hooks 1995.jpg
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- date of death
- 2010-04-15
- date of birth
- 1925-01-31
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- Commons category
- Benjamin Hooks
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Human rights
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