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4.15.2010

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Benjamin Hooks, Civil Rights Leader Dies at 85

Urban Radio Nation April 15, 2010

Hooks was the first Black to serve on the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) President Richard Nixon nominated Hooks to the Federal Co...

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