The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change

2022 Press Releases

• UofM’s Hooks Institute Announces "Soul City" by Thomas Healy as the 2021 Hooks National Book Award Winner  | Oct. 25
• UofM’s Hooks Institute and the Memphis International Airport to Launch Exhibit Featuring Fayette County Civil Rights Movement Through the Photographs of Art Shay | Oct. 11
• UofM’s Hooks Institute and WKNO to Host Special Preview of Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s Upcoming Documentary Series 'Making Black America' | Sept. 13
• UofM's Hooks Institute to Host Pulitzer Prize Winner Marcia Chatelain for National Book Award Lecture | Jan. 31
• Pinnacle Financial Partners Gift to the UofM’s Hooks Institute to Honor Life and Work of Herman Strickland | Mar. 4
• University of Memphis’ Hooks Institute to Premiere Documentary on Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells on April 19 | April 5
• Malco Studio on the Square Features Hooks Institute’s Ida B. Wells Documentary on July 21 and July 28 at 7 p.m. | June 27
• UofM’s Hooks Institute Announces 2021 Hooks National Book Award Finalists | July 25

In the News

• Honoring the Civil Rights Movement's Legacy, Professor Selected as Hooks National Book Award Winner  | Senton Hall University, Nov. 2
• Memphis airport adds exhibit from civil rights photographer | Seattle PI, Oct. 23
• Memphis Airport Adds Exhibit From Civil Rights Photographer | US News, World Report, Oct. 23
• Photo exhibition of Fayette County civil rights movement opens at Memphis airport | The Commercial Appeal, Oct. 21
• Memphis International Hosts Exhibit from Legendary Civil Rights Photographer | Daily Memphian, Oct.  20
• Film Aims to Show How Memphis Helped Shape Ida B. Wells | Daily Memphian, July 23
• Facing Down Storms: Memphis and the Making of Ida B. Wells, Documentary is Screening July 21st and 28th | The Memphis Flyer, July 21
• Ida B. Wells in Memphis: New Documentary Charts A Crusader's Origins | The Commercial Appeal, April 14
• Hooks Institute Film Shines Light on Fayette County Voting Rights Struggle | The Daily Memphian, May 1
• Pinnacle Honors Memphis Community Banking Giant Herman Strickland by Expanding Services | The Commercial Appeal, March 4