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Also Known As Benjamin Lawson Hooks
Born January 31, 1925 • Memphis • Tennessee
Died April 15, 2010 (aged 85) • Memphis • Tennessee
Awards And Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom (2007)
Role In American civil rights movement • sit-in movement

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