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Article: Benjamin Hooks bids farewell to longtime pulpit in Detroit. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- June 1, 1994
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Every six months or so, Benjamin Hooks reads ``Robinson Crusoe.'' He is fascinated by the story of the shipwrecked man who used will and ingenuity to survive for years on a deserted island.
``To me, it's the essential story of a person pitting himself against the odds and surviving. ... He could have given up, but he didn't.''
During four decades of public life, Hooks faced his own tough challenges and survived. For 30 years, through a law practice, a judgeship, tenure on the Federal Communications Commission and at the head of the NAACP, Hooks simultaneously pastored at two churches, nearly 800 miles apart.
He hasn't had a vacation in two decades, and knows cities ...
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