Civil rights leader Benjamin Hooks

Benjamin Hooks

Living place: Tennessee

Birthday: 31-1-1925 (99 years old)

Population of US 1925: 115,829,000

Global rank: #83137

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Who is Civil rights leader Benjamin Hooks?
Civil rights leader, Protestant Baptist and practicing attorney who served as executive director of the NAACP from 1977 to 1992. He was a
suporter of the Republican candidate and even worked as a Republican candidate. job in the Nixon administration.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He earned a law degree and set up his own practice in Memphis.

Family life info

He adopted a daughter, Patricia Gray, with his wife Frances Dancy.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Civil rights leader Benjamin Hooks?
He knew Martin Luther King Jr. and support its cause.

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When was Civil rights leader Benjamin Hooks born?
Benjamin Hooks birthday 31-1-1925 (at the age of 99).
Where is Civil rights leader Benjamin Hooks's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Benjamin Hooks was born in Tennessee, . is a Civil rights leader, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Ox. Benjamin Hooks's global rank is 83137 and whose rank is 162 in list of famous Civil rights leader. Population of US in 1925 is about 115,829,000 persons.
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Events in 1925 and 31-1

Events in US in the birth year of Benjamin Hooks

  • Nellie Tayloe Ross takes office as governor of Wyoming (Jan. 5). She is the first woman governor in U.S. history.
  • Tennessee schoolteacher John T. Scopes is arrested (May 5) for teaching the theory of evolution, forbidden by state law.
  • Worst tornado in U.S. history hit Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana: 689 deaths.
  • Al Capone takes over the Chicago bootlegging racket.

Birthday Benjamin Hooks (31-1) in history

  • Day 31-1 year 1606: Guy Fawkes, the alleged accomplice in the "Gunpowder Plot", was executed by hanging, dragging, and divided into four.
  • Day 31-1 year 1865: The House of Representatives approved the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery in the United States.
  • Day 31-1 year 1940: The first social security check was issued to Ida Fuller for $22.54.
  • Day 31-1 year 1958: The first U.S. earth satellite, Explorer I, was launched.
  • Day 31-1 year 1990: The first McDonald's opened in Russia.
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