As a progressive voter, he has civil rights leaders such as Benjamin Hooks, Andrew Young and Coretta Scott King and conservative black intellectuals like Glenn C. Loury and Robert L. Woodson as supporters and friends.

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* Benjamin Hooks, former Executive Director of the NAACP

* Benjamin Hooks, American civil rights leader

He has been honored by organizations representing the spectrum of issues to which he has devoted his career, including the Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award from LCCR ; the Benjamin Hooks " Keeper of the Flame " Award from the national NAACP ; the Public Service Achievement Award from Common Cause ; the Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award from the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund ; the " National Good Guy Award " from the National Women's Political Caucus ; the Isaiah Award for the Pursuit of Justice from the American Jewish Committee ; the Flag Bearer Award from Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays ( P-FLAG ); the Edison Uno Memorial Civil Rights Award from the Japanese American Citizens League ; the University of Chicago Alumni Public Service Citation ; " Citizen of the Year " from the Guillian-Barr Syndrome Foundation International ; and named in 2004 one of Vanity Fair's " Best Stewards of the Environment.

A few notable members include Roy Wilkins, Benjamin Hooks, Vernon Jordan, Dr. Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr., Rev.

In 1977, at the age of seventy-six, Wilkins retired from the NAACP and was succeeded by Benjamin Hooks.

Benjamin Lawson Hooks ( January 31, 1925 – April 15, 2010 ) was an American civil rights leader.

Benjamin Hooks was born in Memphis, Tennessee.

Young Benjamin ’ s paternal grandmother, Julia Britton Hooks ( 1852 – 1942 ), graduated from Berea College in Kentucky in 1874 and was only the second American black woman to graduate from college.

The Senate confirmed the nomination, and Benjamin and Frances Hooks moved to Washington, D. C. in 1973.

In 1996, the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change was established at the University of Memphis.

On March 24, 2001, Benjamin Hooks and Frances Hooks renewed their wedding vows for the third time, after nearly 50 years of marriage.

* NAACP created the Benjamin L. Hooks Distinguished Service Award, which is awarded to persons for efforts in implementing policies and programs which promote equal opportunity.

* University of Memphis created the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change.

* Benjamin Hooks ' oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project

* FBI file on Benjamin Hooks

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Hooks or short lines attached to various parts of the basic letter modify the vowel.

Hooks can be made of materials such as metals, woods or plastic and are commercially manufactured as well as produced by artisans.

Hooks on large diameter needles help enormously to control the stitches whilst knitting.

In December 1982, Mushroom released a medley of Skyhooks songs as " Hooked on Hooks " which peaked at # 21.

Hooks are often present near the mouth on the introvert.

The movie Glory & Honor by Kevin Hooks ( 1998 ) effectively dramatizes his hellish 1909 journey to the vicinity of the pole.

Antony ’ s “ obsessive language concerned with structure, organization, and maintenance for the self and empire in repeated references to ‘ measure ,’ ‘ property ,’ and ‘ rule ’ express unconscious anxieties about boundary integrity and violation .” ( Hooks 38 ) Furthermore, Antony struggles with his infatuation with Cleopatra and this paired with Cleopatra ’ s desire for power over him causes his eventual downfall.

Yachnin ’ s article focuses on Cleopatra ’ s usurping of Antony ’ s authority through her own and his language, while Hooks ’ article gives weight to Antony ’ s attempts to assert his authority through rhetoric.

Hooks require a much lower force.

* David Hooks as Dr. Joe Einhorn

Later in 2010, the channel also premiered the new animated series Fish Hooks, and the buddy sitcom Shake It Up.

Disney Channel broadcasts original series such as Phineas and Ferb, Fish Hooks, Good Luck Charlie, Shake It Up, A. N. T.

Farm, Phineas & Ferb, Jessie, Gravity Falls and Fish Hooks, while Sunday nights feature Good Luck Charlie, Shake It Up and Austin & Ally.

* Toonin ' Saturdays-A Saturday morning animation block that debuted on June 17, 2011, the " Toonin ' Saturdays " lineup primarily consists of double-episode airings of Disney Channel original animated series Fish Hooks and Phineas and Ferb.

In 1972, Sounder was made into a film starring Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Carmen Mathews, Taj Mahal, and Eric Hooks.

Kevin Hooks directed and Paul Winfield played the role of the teacher.

Winfield and Hooks played father and son, respectively, in the original version.

He, along with newcomers Phil Hartman, Kevin Nealon, Jan Hooks, and Victoria Jackson, helped to reverse the show's declining popularity and made SNL " must-see " TV once again.

A large rock with embedded plaque thanking the Hooks for the donation remains, as does the amphitheatre campfire bowl, the Administration Lodge, the Maintenance Building, the Chapel ( now called the Natuary ) and a few other structures that are in ruins.

On November 6, 1976, the 64-member board of directors of the NAACP elected Hooks executive director of the organization.

Hooks was determined to add to the enrollment and to raise money for the organization ’ s severely depleted treasury, without changing the NAACP ’ s goals or mandates.

In his early years at the NAACP, Hooks had some bitter arguments with Margaret Bush Wilson, chairwoman of the NAACP ’ s board of directors.

In 1980, Hooks explained why the NAACP was against using violence to obtain civil rights:

By 1991 some younger members of the NAACP thought that Hooks had lost touch with black America and ought to resign.

Hooks and his wife handled the NAACP ’ s business and helped to plan for its future for more than 15 years.

Hooks stated that he would serve out the 1992 year and predicted that a change in leadership would not jeopardize the NAACP ’ s stability: “ We ’ ve been through some little stormy periods before.