2022 Press Releases - Ben Hooks Institute - The University of Memphis

2022 Press Releases

UofM’s Hooks Institute Announces "Soul City" by Thomas Healy as the 2021 Hooks National Book Award Winner | Oct. 25
UofM’s Hooks Institute and the Memphis International Airport to Launch Exhibit Featuring Fayette County Civil Rights Movement Through the Photographs of Art Shay | Oct. 11
UofM’s Hooks Institute and WKNO to Host Special Preview of Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s Upcoming Documentary Series 'Making Black America' | Sept. 13
UofM's Hooks Institute to Host Pulitzer Prize Winner Marcia Chatelain for National Book Award Lecture | Jan. 31
Pinnacle Financial Partners Gift to the UofM’s Hooks Institute to Honor Life and Work of Herman Strickland | Mar. 4
University of Memphis’ Hooks Institute to Premiere Documentary on Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells on April 19 | April 5
Malco Studio on the Square Features Hooks Institute’s Ida B. Wells Documentary on July 21 and July 28 at 7 p.m. | June 27
UofM’s Hooks Institute Announces 2021 Hooks National Book Award Finalists | July 25

In the News

Honoring the Civil Rights Movement's Legacy, Professor Selected as Hooks National Book Award Winner | Senton Hall University, Nov. 2
Memphis airport adds exhibit from civil rights photographer | Seattle PI, Oct. 23
Memphis Airport Adds Exhibit From Civil Rights Photographer | US News, World Report, Oct. 23
Photo exhibition of Fayette County civil rights movement opens at Memphis airport | The Commercial Appeal, Oct. 21
Memphis International Hosts Exhibit from Legendary Civil Rights Photographer | Daily Memphian, Oct. 20
Film Aims to Show How Memphis Helped Shape Ida B. Wells | Daily Memphian, July 23
Facing Down Storms: Memphis and the Making of Ida B. Wells, Documentary is Screening July 21st and 28th | The Memphis Flyer, July 21
Ida B. Wells in Memphis: New Documentary Charts A Crusader's Origins | The Commercial Appeal, April 14
Hooks Institute Film Shines Light on Fayette County Voting Rights Struggle | The Daily Memphian, May 1
Pinnacle Honors Memphis Community Banking Giant Herman Strickland by Expanding Services | The Commercial Appeal, March 4