Benjamin Hooks

1925–2010 (age 85)

civil rights leader

About Benjamin Hooks

Benjamin Hooks (1925–2010) lived to age 85. They were a civil rights leader. Born in Memphis. They are buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Michigan.

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