Benjamin Hooks
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About
Civil Rights leader, Baptist minister and practicing attorney who served as executive director of the NAACP from 1977 to 1992.
Before fame
He earned a law degree and set up his own practice in Memphis.
Trivia
He was a suporter of Republican Candidates and even worked in the Nixon administration.
Family life
He adopted a daughter, Patricia Gray, with his wife Frances Dancy.
Associated with
He knew Martin Luther King Jr. and supported his causes.
