Delta, 1942–1954 in Glenn Feldman, ed., Before Brown: Civil Rights and White Backlash in the Modern South (2004 book), 68–95. Biography — University of Memphis Biography — The History Makers Biography — AfricanAmericans.com Biography — The Museum of Broadcast Communications External links Benjamin Hooks' oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project FBI file on Benjamin Hooks The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis 1925 births 2010 deaths DePaul University College of Law alumni Howard University alumni LeMoyne–Owen College alumni NAACP activists Spingarn Medal winners African-American activists Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients Nixon administration personnel Ford administration personnel Carter administration personnel United States Army personnel of World War II United States Army soldiers Federal Communications Commission personnel