"Most of the leaders today are really old, like Benjamin Hooks and Charlie Rangel," he said.

Benjamin Hooks was born in Memphis, Tennessee.

On March 24, 2001, Benjamin Hooks and Frances Hooks renewed their wedding vows for the third time, after nearly 50 years of marriage.

Benjamin Hooks, director of the NAACP, said "The jury verdict was inexcusable.

Benjamin Hooks, 85, American civil rights leader, executive director of the NAACP (1977-1992), after long illness.

Benjamin Hooks is not Gray's only ancestor who has played a significant role in the chronicle of the nation.

Benjamin Hooks, the executive director of the N.A.A.C.P., said Chrysler was already doing many of the things called for in the agreement.

However, the organization's board of directors sided with suspended executive director Benjamin Hooks and Hooks was reinstated.

His grandfather, Benjamin Hooks, retired as the executive director of the NAACP.

Benjamin Hooks, the executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said his group would closely follow the developments.