Frances Hooks, the civil rights leader and widow of Benjamin Hooks, died Thursday.
VIA NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: Civil rights leader Benjamin Hooks, who revitalized a faltering NAACP in the 1980s and spent a lifetime championing the nation’s minorities and needy, died Thursday morning. Hooks, 85, passed away at his Nashville, Tenn., home following a long illness, said state Rep. Ulysses Jones. While probably best known for his […]
