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Publication Date

6-1-2021

Abstract

The collection comprises correspondence, memoranda, speeches, newspaper columns, articles, subject files, reports, minutes, board and administrative material, printed materials, photographs, audio and video recordings, and other materials regarding the career of Benjamin Lawson Hooks (1925-2010): lawyer, minister, Federal Communications Commissioner and Executive Director of the NAACP.

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Source Collection

Benjamin Lawson Hooks papers, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Keywords

Hooks, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Lawson), 1925-2010.

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