He spoke about the struggles of the civil rights movement, and King's hard-won victories.

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During the 1950s, Hooks and the NAACP helped to organize many of the black-led boycotts of segregated white businesses, and non-violent sit-in protests that became emblematic of the burgeoning civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King,Jr.

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