Benjamin Hooks was born in Memphis,Tennessee, at a time when the southern city discriminated against blacks in all areas of public life.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

Zora was born at a time of racial tensions between blacks and whites in the southern United States.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

The bill would free all slaves in the district who were born after a certain time.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

Benjamin Hooks was born in 1925 in Memphis,Tennessee - a city,like most in the racially- segregated American South at the time, that discriminated against African-Americans in all areas of public life.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

And,he adds,today's generation of American Southeast Asians, born to parents who spent time in refugee camps before emigrating, "want to prove their loyalty to this country and that they're as American as anybody else."

VOA: standard.2010.07.14