Honors and Awards
- Hooks was awarded the Spingarn Medal from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1986.
- In 1988, Hooks received an honorary doctorate at Central Connecticut State University.
- NAACP created the Benjamin L. Hooks Distinguished Service Award, which is awarded to persons for efforts in implementing policies and programs which promote equal opportunity.
- University of Memphis created the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change. The Hooks Institute is committed to bringing scholars together to advance the goals of the civil rights movement, to promote human rights and democratic government worldwide, and to honor the lifetime of work of Hooks.
- Hooks received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush in November 2007.
- Was inducted in the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site on January 12, 2008
The Memphis Library's main Branch Is named in his honor.
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