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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Lawyer, judge, pastor, civil rights activist, trailblazer, and great humanitarian, Dr. Benjamin Hooks recounts the extraordinary experiences of his life of service in The March for Civil Rights. This is the fascinating story of a man prevented from attending law school in his home state and later often degraded in court, who nevertheless persevered. He worked side-by-side with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to organize and fight against racial discrimination. The myriad roles he has played throughout his life include becoming a lawyer, an honorable judge, a prominent businessman, an ordained minister, the first African American appointed to the Federal Communications Commission, the long-time Executive Director of the NAACP, the President of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, and the Founder and Chairman of the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis. A staunch advocate for self-help, Benjamin Hooks preaches responsibility and accountability, and calls for a "moratorium on excuses." He urges the black community to strengthen the family unit and impels those who have succeeded to reach out and help their brothers and sisters.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Lawyer, judge, pastor, civil rights activist, trailblazer, and great humanitarian, Dr. Benjamin Hooks recounts the extraordinary experiences of his life of service in The March for Civil Rights. This is the fascinating story of a man prevented from attending law school in his home state and later often degraded in court, who nevertheless persevered. He worked side-by-side with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to organize and fight against racial discrimination. The myriad roles he has played throughout his life include becoming a lawyer, an honorable judge, a prominent businessman, an ordained minister, the first African American appointed to the Federal Communications Commission, the long-time Executive Director of the NAACP, the President of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, and the Founder and Chairman of the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis. A staunch advocate for self-help, Benjamin Hooks preaches responsibility and accountability, and calls for a "moratorium on excuses." He urges the black community to strengthen the family unit and impels those who have succeeded to reach out and help their brothers and sisters.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Lawyer, judge, pastor, civil rights activist, trailblazer, and great humanitarian, Dr. Benjamin Hooks recounts the extraordinary experiences of his life of service in The March for Civil Rights. This is the fascinating story of a man prevented from attending law school in his home state and later often degraded in court, who nevertheless persevered. He worked side-by-side with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to organize and fight against racial discrimination. The myriad roles he has played throughout his life include becoming a lawyer, an honorable judge, a prominent businessman, an ordained minister, the first African American appointed to the Federal Communications Commission, the long-time Executive Director of the NAACP, the President of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, and the Founder and Chairman of the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis. A staunch advocate for self-help, Benjamin Hooks preaches responsibility and accountability, and calls for a "moratorium on excuses." He urges the black community to strengthen the family unit and impels those who have succeeded to reach out and help their brothers and sisters.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Lawyer, judge, pastor, civil rights activist, trailblazer, and great humanitarian, Dr. Benjamin Hooks recounts the extraordinary experiences of his life of service in The March for Civil Rights. This is the fascinating story of a man prevented from attending law school in his home state and later often degraded in court, who nevertheless persevered. He worked side-by-side with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to organize and fight against racial discrimination. The myriad roles he has played throughout his life include becoming a lawyer, an honorable judge, a prominent businessman, an ordained minister, the first African American appointed to the Federal Communications Commission, the long-time Executive Director of the NAACP, the President of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, and the Founder and Chairman of the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis. A staunch advocate for self-help, Benjamin Hooks preaches responsibility and accountability, and calls for a "moratorium on excuses." He urges the black community to strengthen the family unit and impels those who have succeeded to reach out and help their brothers and sisters.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. The cover has black cloth. This is a title of ABA Lawyer Biography Series. 387 pages; b/w photos; index. 10-7-04 is below B. Hooks' signature; below that is an addition to the inscription, signed by Mildred Hooks Gillis with the date, 10-14-04. The frontal matter has a light, bend line on the bottom corner. The DJ's lamination has light, shelf wear rubbing. International shipping will require extra cost. Scans e-mailed upon request. Inscribed (to a name) & Signed. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st printing ; 383 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. ; ISBN: 0806966947 (pbk.); 9780806966946 (pbk.) LCCN: 87-33674 ; LC: TT203.5; Dewey: 684/.083 ; OCLC: 17353982 ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ; ex-lib, stamps, label ; "Hundreds of before-you-buy tips and how-to-use techniques for dozens of jigs, bits, aids, and devices, with 800 photos and draftsman drawings. Includes dozens of jig inventions. Bonus: plans for the ultimate router table." "The latest in router usage and technology.neatly illustrated."--Booklist. "The best.a gold-mine."--Popular Woodworking. ; "Spielman is the leading author on woodworking throughout the world with over 65 books published. He has taught high school and vocational wodworking in Wisconsin public schools for 27 years. He has also owned and operated a wood product manufacturing company for 20 years." ; Contents : Bits -- Bit developments and innovations -- Bit quality -- Selecting bits -- Special router bits -- Safety -- Matching bits and routers -- Safety devices -- Commercial aids and devices -- Routing aids -- Commercial aids and services -- Routing aids -- Commercial mortising and tenoning jigs -- The precision dowel maker -- Dovetail jigs -- Commercial router machines -- The joint-matic -- The multi-router -- Ryobi radial-arm-saw / router -- The mill-route machine -- Mini-Max mitre-joining system -- Overarm pin routers -- Router tables -- Shop-made jigs, fixtures, and useful devices -- Making special router bases -- Straight-cutting guides -- Adjustable square / rectangle guide -- Circle- and oval-routing jigs -- Joint-making jigs -- Plunger-router boring jigs -- Jigs for letter-carving and wood signs -- Miscellaneous jigs and techniques -- Vacuum pumps, clamps and templates -- The ultimate router table -- The basic router/shaper table -- SPecial fences and guides -- Vacuum cluck and swivel chuck -- Horizontal ajoint-making attachment -- Swinging and tilting overarm router -- Inverted pin-routing attachment -- Metric equivalency chart ; nicks to front covers, else VG. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Foreword by Dennis Archer, the 2003-2004 American Bar Association president. Hooks oversaw the ABA's position on affirmative action and federal aid to the poorer neighborhoods of American cities. He participated in numerous domestic issues affecting minorities in the United States. 8vo, black titled cloth. In the original shrinkwrap, never opened. Scarce.…

Condition: Near Fine. dj. First printing. Inscribed first edition of this biography of the famed civil rights leader and attorney. Hooks was the long-time executive director of the NAACP, serving from 1978-1992 and was largely responsible to revitalizing the organization. He died in 2010. 9'' x 6''. Original black cloth lettered in gilt. In original unclipped (no price) color pictorial dust jacket. 388 pages. Inscribed by author Hooks to front endpaper: "To / Denise Allen / Thanks / & / Peace / Benjamin Hooks." Jacket lightly rubbed. A couple of small corner bumps. Else clean and sound. Near fine in a near fine jacket. Signed. …

First Edition. First edition. Written with Guess; foreword by Dennis Archer, the 2003/2004 American Bar Association president. INSCRIBED BY HOOKS on the front free endpaper simply, "Thanks / BWHooks" (not inscribed to anyone). "As leader of the NAACP for 15 years, Benjamin Hooks oversaw the organization's position on affirmative action and federal aid to the poorer neighborhoods of American cities. He particpated in dialogues with the governments of South Africa and in hundreds of domestic issues affecting minorities in the United States" (from the jacket flap). Fine in fine dust jacket with just a touch of minor wear. Signed.…

Inscribed to Jack Kemp Hooks, Benjamin L. [1925-2010]. Guess, Jerry. Archer, Dennis W., Foreword. The March for Civil Rights: The Benjamin Hooks Story. Chicago: American Bar Association, 2004. xi, 387 pp. Plates. Illustrations, portraits. Cloth in near-fine dust jacket, presentation inscription to Jack Kemp to front free endpaper, folds to upper-outside corners of a few leaves, minor correction, possibly by author, to p.37. $150. * The inscription reads: "To/ my dear friend/ + brother beloved/ Jack Kemp/ a man who has/ demonstrated his/ commitment + devotion/ to justice + equality/ for all, regardless/ of race or creed or wealth/ Jack I am proud to call/ you friend./ Benjamin/ Nov 9 2005." Hooks was a lawyer, Baptist minister, civil rights leader and government official, who served terms as the commissioner of the FCC and executive director of the NAACP. A former professional football player, Kemp [1935-2009] was a long-serving member of U.S. House of Representatives and secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under President George H.W. Bush. He ran for president in 1988 and was Bob Dole's running mate in 1996.…