Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 1271) honoring the life and achievements of Rev. Benjamin Lawson Hooks. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The text of the resolution is as follows: H. Res. 1271 Whereas Benjamin Lawson Hooks, a native Memphian, was the fifth out of seven children born to Robert B. and Bessie Hooks; Whereas his grandmother, Julia Britton Hooks, was the second African-American female college graduate in the Nation, graduating from Berea College in Kentucky in 1874; Whereas Dr. Hooks studied prelaw at LeMoyne College in Memphis and continued his studies at Howard University in Washington, DC, and at Depaul University Law School in Chicago, Illionois; Whereas Dr. Hooks was a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity; Whereas after college, he then served in the United States Army during World War II and had the job of guarding Italian prisoners who were able to eat in restaurants that were off limits to him, an experience that he found humiliating and that deepened his determination to do something about bigotry in the South; Whereas in 1949, Dr. Hooks met teacher Frances Dancy and the couple married in 1952; Whereas the couple had a daughter, Patricia Gray; Whereas from 1949 to 1965 he was one of the few African- Americans practicing law in Memphis, Tennessee; Whereas in 1954, Dr.…”