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Hooks

American  
[hooks] / hʊks /

noun

  1. Benjamin Lawson, 1925–2010, U.S. lawyer, clergyman, and civil rights advocate: executive director of the NAACP 1977–93.


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“When I saw my face I was shocked,” says Rosie Lee Hooks, director of the Watts Towers Arts Center Campus.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

He gave a long list of previous cast members, noting several who had died including veteran SNL-ers Chris Farley and Norm MacDonald along with Gilda Radner, Jan Hooks and Phil Hartman.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2025

He started on “SNL” as a production assistant in 1986, with a cast that included legends in the making such as Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman and Jan Hooks.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2025

A few years ago, Brian Hooks, one of the leaders of their political network, was a guest at the camp the same weekend Thomas was there.

From Salon • Sep. 22, 2023

“However,” he said, “let it be known that this court is not concerned with any perpetrators of violations against our state’s now— blessedly so—defunct Alien Land Law. Mr. Hooks, you may proceed.”

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson