DR. AND MRS. BENJAMIN HOOKS DONATE $56,000 TO CREATE NAACP NATIONAL LITERACY PROGRAM

Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks, Executive Director emeritus, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), announced during the NAACP 2006 Annual Meeting that he and his wife, Frances, will donate $56,000 to create a NAACP National Literacy Program to encourage young children to read.

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