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Press Releases - 2026

• Hooks Institute Announces Winner, Opens Exhibition of Finalists for “Embracing Firestorms, Envisioning Futures” Exhibition | Oct 13

• Hooks Institute Celebrates 30 Years and Memphis ‘Pillars of Progress’ in Gala Event | March 10

• Hooks Institute Takes Hands-On Approach to Breast Health and Wellness in Memphis | February 9
• Joy-Ann Reid Set to Accept the Hooks National Book Award and Speak at the University of Memphis | January 22

 

Hooks Institute in the News - 2026

• WKNO-FM - 2026 Frances Dancy Hooks Art Award and Exhibition explores resilience and hope with Kacky Walton | October 20
• WREG- Channel 3: Beyond the Anchor Desk: Civil Rights Pillars of Progress with Stephanie Scurlock | March 27
• The Tri-State Defender:

  Research links segregation, poverty to higher breast cancer deaths among black women in Memphis | March 3

• ABC 24 Memphis: Celebrate Memphis: Ida B. Wells (featuring Hooks Institute Executive Director Daphene R. McFerren | March 3 
• WREG News Channel 3 Memphis: Historic Black-owned Tennessee store up for National Register | February 25
• The Daily Helmsman: Medgar and Myrlie: A Civil Rights Love Story | February 15
• The Daily Helmsman: Hooks Institute awards author Joy-Ann Reid for books about Medgar Evers | February 8 
• Action News 5: Joy Reid receives National Book Award in Memphis for book about civil rights leaders Medgar and Myrlie Evers | February 8
• The Commercial Appeal: TV news commentator Joy-Ann Reid dips into history of the Black freedom struggle | February 8