MEMPHIS, Tenn. – After years of fighting for social justice, civil rights leader Benjamin L. Hooks has found a resting place.
Political leaders and Hooks’ peers in the civil rights movement from across the country are expected to attend his funeral in Memphis on Wednesday.
The 85-year-old former lawyer, judge and NAACP director died last week at his Memphis home after a long illness.
He took over as the NAACP’s executive director at a time when the organization’s stature had diminished. By the time he left in 1992, membership had grown by several hundred thousand.