Pelosi Statement on Passing of Dr. Benjamin Hooks

WASHINGTON, April 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the passing of Dr. Benjamin Hooks, former executive director of the NAACP and longtime civil rights leader:

"Dr. Benjamin Hooks helped shape the modern day civil rights movement through his leadership of the NAACP: elevating and energizing the storied organization. With great patriotism, he led the day-to-day efforts to root out discrimination and injustice and worked on behalf of equality and opportunity for all Americans for more than half of a century.

"Dr. Hooks had a remarkable career: as a judge, an FCC Commissioner, and as a minister. He was a man of deep faith and bold convictions. He was also a man of action; in his calm yet determined way, he worked so that our nation would live up to the aspirations of all of its people.

"I hope it is a comfort to the many who loved Benjamin Hooks that so many grieve their loss and are praying for them in this sad time."

SOURCE Office of the Speaker of the House

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