Trailblazing Hooks Left a Rich Rights Legacy
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › April 16, 2010
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It wasn't until Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks passed away Thursday that I realized all he'd done for me.
Not me individually, but this I know is true: My generation is a direct beneficiary of his life's fight for civil rights.See the full content of this document
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Trailblazing Hooks Left a Rich Rights Legacy
Hooks, 85, was a husband, a father, a talented lawyer, an eloquent preacher, a pacificist, the first black judge in Tennessee, the first black person appointed to the Federal Commu...
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