Benjamin Hooks
By: Heather Lehr Wagner.
Series: African American leaders
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: Hooks, Benjamin L. 1925- -- Juvenile literature; Hooks, Benjamin L. 1925-; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; African American civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; African American lawyers -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; African American clergy -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature; Civil rights workers; Lawyers; Clergy; African Americans -- Biography; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature; Memphis (Tenn.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 90-94) and index.
Table of contents: title: Power and passion; title: The struggle in Tennessee; title: Childhood in Memphis; title: The law and communication; title: The NAACP; title: Reaching for new promises.