Background
Hooks, Benjamin Lawson was born on January 31, 1925 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
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Hooks, Benjamin Lawson was born on January 31, 1925 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
Student, Le Moyne College College, Memphis, 1943. Student, Howard University, 1944. Juris Doctor, DePaul University, Chicago, 1948.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Howard University, 1975. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Wilberforce University, 1976. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Central State University, 1976.
Individual practice law, Memphis, 1949-1965, 68-72. Assistant public defender City of Memphis, 1961-1964. Judge Division IV Criminal Court of Shelby County, 1966-1968.
Ordained to ministry Baptist Church, 1956. Pastor Middle Baptist Church, Memphis, 1956-1964, Greater New Mount Moriah Baptist Church, Detroit, 1964-1972. Co-founder, vice president, director Mutual Federal Savings & Loan Association, Memphis, 1955-1969.
Commissioner Federal Communications Commission, Washington, 1972-1978. Executive director National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, New York City, 1977-1993. Senior vice president The Chapman Company, Memphis, 1993.
Professor social justice Fisk University, 1993—2002. Distinguished adjunct professor political science University Memphis.
Board of directors Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Tennessee Council on Human Relations, Memphis and Shelby Human Relations Committee. Member Martin Luther King Federal Holiday Commission. President National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis.
Servedwith Army of the United States, World World War World War II. Member American Bar Association, National Bar Association (judicial council), Tennessee Bar Association.
Son of Robert B. Hooks Senior & Bessie (White) H. Married Frances Dancy Hooks, March 21, 1951. 1 child: Patricia Gray.