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GA HR2193
Resolution
Status
Passed
4/27/2010
Primary Sponsor
Roberta Abdul-Salaam
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AI Summary
- Georgia House Resolution honoring the life and memory of Benjamin Lawson Hooks, a civil rights leader who passed away on April 15, 2010, and expressing condolences to his family
- Hooks was born January 31, 1925, in Memphis, Tennessee, attended LeMoyne College, earned a law degree from DePaul University, and served in the U.S. Army during World War II, rising to the rank of staff sergeant
- Became the first African American criminal court judge in Tennessee's history when appointed to the Shelby County Criminal Court bench, and served as NAACP executive director beginning in 1977
- Established the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007 by President George W. Bush
- The Clerk of the House of Representatives is directed to transmit a copy of the resolution to the Hooks family
Legislative Description
Hooks, Mr. Benjamin Lawson; condolences
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
4/27/2010
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