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Hooks Elected Executive Director

Civil Rights Work

Hook was elected executive director NAACP

He faced a lot declined membership

Hooks set up a shop as a lawyer. In his own hometown in Memphis.

"Black men who have succeeded have an obligation to serve as role models for young men entrapped by a vicious cycle of poverty, despair, and hopelessness"

He had to face angry opponents.

Hooks and other civil rights lawyer were too ken out of one town by shotgun-wielding sheriff

-Benjamin Hooks

Hooks Funeral

On Monday at the Detroit at the Church were Hooks was Pastor

Every one was very gloomy say their final good bye

Awards won

Presidential medal of freedom

Spingard medal

Benjamin Hooks

http://www.biography.com/people/benjamin-hooks-9343297

Accomplishments

From Judge to Commissioner

http://benhooksdocumentary.org/about/ben-hooks/

He was the civilian honored of the country bestow

Early Years

He saved the city from destruction

Born in Memphis,Tennessee on January 31 1925. He was The 5th out of 7 children. He's parents were Robert and Bessie hooks. Hooks family was very educated.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/apr/19/body-benjamin-hooks-lies-repose-detroit/

In 1965 the civil rights had been

beaten out. He was almost a criminal judge. He

left being a judge

After High School

-By Obed Rosas

  • He went to enroll him self in a pre-law at LeMoyne College in Memphis.
  • During world war II hooks left his studies to join the U.S. Army and left his studies. He graduated in 1948

What he said in his speech

“If anyone thinks that we are going to stop agitating, they had better think again. If anyone thinks that we are going to stop litigating, they had better close the courts. If anyone thinks that we are not going to demonstrate and protest, they had better roll up the sidewalks.”

-Benjamin Hooks

Fun Facts

  • Benjamin Hooks had his own library
  • Benjamin Hooks was friends with Martin Luther King Jr
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