Civil rights landscape altered with deaths of Hooks, Height; rise of younger leaders
With the passing of civil rights legends Benjamin Hooks and Dorothy Height within days of each other, the national landscape in the fight for equality …
With the passing of civil rights legends Benjamin Hooks and Dorothy Height within days of each other, the national landscape in the fight for equality …
Dorothy Height, hailed as the “godmother of the civil rights movement” as a participant in historic marches with Martin Luther King Jr. and others, died …
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Benjamin L. Hooks, a champion of minorities and the poor who increased the NAACP’s stature as its executive director, died Thursday, …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Benjamin L. Hooks, who as executive director of the NAACP was a champion for the poor and minorities, died Thursday, according to …
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