Civil rights pioneer Hooks also receives highest civilian honor
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Author Harper Lee and NAACP pioneer Benjamin Hooks yesterday received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, for their work for racial equality. Lee, 81, wrote the 1960 Pulitzer-winning classic
To Kill a Mockingbird, which challenged racism and was made into a powerful movie featuring Gregory Peck. The...
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