Reserve your Ticket for the Hooks Book Award Presentation and Lecture
Hooks National Book Award Event Tickets
Teaching, Studying and Promoting Civil Rights and Social Change
For more than twenty years, the Hooks Institute has developed an impressive track record of educating, engaging and empowering the community.
The Hooks Academic Achievement and Mentoring Initiative (HAAMI)
HAAMI focuses on increasing the retention and graduation rates of male students attending the UofM by developing each student's personal, academic and professional skills.
A Seat at the Table (ASATT)
“A Seat at the Table” (ASATT) is an initiative sponsored by the Benjamin L. Hook Institute for Social Change in collaboration with the Office of Multicultural Affairs with the goal of empowering students who identify as women by providing mentorship opportunities, financial literacy lessons and career readiness skills.
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Tent City: Stories of Civil Rights in Fayette County, Tennessee
The "Tent City" website covers the series of civil rights events that took place in Fayette County, TN from 1959 into the early 1970s.
Check Out Our Fayette County, Tenn. Civil Rights. Movement Art Shay Photo Exhibit!
On display now at Memphis International Airport Between the B and C Ticketing Stations
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