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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Theresa Fambro Hooks
Theresa Fambro Hooks
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| Other authors / contributors: | Hooks, Theresa Fambro, 1935-2016, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, 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, Matthew Hickey.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2009 December 16.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Columnist Theresa Fambro Hooks was born on May 5, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. Hooks graduated from Parker (now Robeson) High School in 1953. She attended the University of Illinois, Roosevelt University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in their Fashion Design Department. Joining The Chicago Daily Defender in 1961 as woman's editor and society columnist, Hooks wrote articles about social and community events, food and fashions. She wrote an advice column as "Arletta Claire" and a column called "Social Whirl," later renamed "Teesee's Town." Hooks was active in her coverage of the Chicago's African American community in the area of art, theatre, culture, business, community and society. Hooks retired from "The Defender" in April of 2015. She was manager of community/public affairs for Philco-Ford's Chicago Residential Manpower Center and special assistant to the president of Olive Harvey College for public information. Hooks passed away on January 31, 2016 at age 80.
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