Hooks
Americannoun
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The opening exhibition is “Making Beauty: Hooks Brothers Studio, 1907-1984,” whose photographs document black life and culture during the Jim Crow era and after.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
As she collected the prize, Dean dedicated the award to author Bell Hooks and "all the black feminists that inspire me to love better and love the people in my life".
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
Aliaina Hooks, another resident who has lived in the area for three years, said the streets have become much quieter in recent weeks.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
Or “Love Is a Dream,” a fantastic 1987 swoon into a bygone era and lost youth featuring Jan Hooks, Phil Hartman, a romantic Bing Crosby track and a tiara in a safety deposit box.
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2025
Carl, Alvin Hooks explained, came out of the fog towing his net behind—he’d been nearly ready to pick salmon from it—to find the accused man, Kabuo Miyamoto, “adrift” and “in need of help.”
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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