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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Reverend Benjamin Hooks
Reverend Benjamin Hooks
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| Other authors / contributors: | Hooks, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Lawson), 1925-2010, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2003 July 24.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Minister and civil rights activist Reverend Benjamin Hooks was born in Memphis, Tennessee on January 31, 1925. After earning his B.A. from Howard University, he attended DePaul University, earning his J.D. degree in 1948. After starting his own practice, in 1965, he became the first black criminal court judge in Tennessee. Hooks was also ordained as a minister in 1956 and divided his time between n Memphis and Detroit. In 1972, Hooks was appointed by President Richard Nixon as the first African American on the Federal Communications Commission. In 1977, he became the CEO of the NAACP where he remained for fifteen years. After leaving the NAACP, Hooks taught at Fisk University as a professor of social justice. The University of Memphis honored him with establishment of the Benjamin Hooks Institute for Social Change. He received numerous other honors. Hooks passed away on April 15, 2010 at age 85.
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