Includes bibliographical references (pages 90-94) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Power and passion -- The struggle in Tennessee -- Childhood in Memphis -- The law and communication -- The NAACP -- Reaching for new promises.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A biography of African American lawyer Benjamin Hooks, who continues to speak and teach about racial justice and equality since his 1992 retirement from the position of executive director of the NAACP.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Hooks, Benjamin L., (Benjamin Lawson),1925-2010
Hooks, Benjamin L., (Benjamin Lawson),1925-2010.
Hooks, Benjamin L., (Benjamin Lawson),1925-2010
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
African American civil rights workers, Biography, Juvenile literature.
African American clergy-- Tennessee-- Memphis, Biography, Juvenile literature.
African American lawyers-- Tennessee-- Memphis, Biography, Juvenile literature.
African Americans-- Civil rights-- History-- 20th century, Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers-- United States, Biography, Juvenile literature.