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Benjamin Hooks, former executive director of the NAACP, received the Medal of Freedom from President Bush.(The Week ...)(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)(George W. Bush)(Brief article)
Benjamin Hooks, former executive director of the NAACP, received the Medal of Freedom from President Bush. After the ceremony, the 82-year-old lawyer and minister spoke with a reporter from the Memphis Commercial Appeal. "We bought the books; [young people] won't read them. We open the libraries; they won't use them.... When I get on that subject I do get fairly emotional because I remember how hard we fought to use the library. Now it's open and so ...
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