- Collection:
- FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection
- Title:
- Benjamin Lawson Hooks
- Creator:
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Date of Original:
- 1972/1990
- Subject:
- Governmental investigations--United States
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
African American lawyers--Tennessee--Memphis
Lawyers--Tennessee--Memphis
African American civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
African American judges--Tennessee--Memphis
Judges--Tennessee--Memphis
United States. Federal Communications Commission--Officials and employees
Intimidation
African American civil rights workers--Crimes against - People:
- Hooks, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Lawson), 1925-2010
- Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898
- Medium:
- federal government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Benjamin Lawson Hooks (1925-2010) was a civil rights leader who served as the director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for more than a decade. This release consists of a background investigation file with materials dated 1972-1980 and several investigative files concerning threats against Hooks or the NAACP between 1987 and 1990.
- Metadata URL:
- http://vault.fbi.gov/benjamin-hooks
- Extent:
- 1 file (233 p.)
- Contributing Institution:
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Rights:
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