The Commercial Appeal du lieu suivant : Memphis, Tennessee • 35

'l rrr' I fr commcrdalappcalxom The Commekcial Appeal ThurwUy February 26 2004 E3 Celebrating Black History Month '4 From Page El Hooks Linden The business relocated to 979 McLemore in 1972 survived a fire and finally dosed in 1984 with the death of CJ Hooks son of Robert Hooks "Ybu could go all over the country and you find anybody from Memphis who was black who didn't have a Hooks Brothers said Robert daughter Julia Hooks Gordon 89 who lives with her 77-year-old sister Mildred Hooks Gfflis fIVvo more of Robertas seven children also survive: Raymond Hooks 84 and Benjamin Hooks 79 The three children of Henry Hooks are dead Both brothers however are survived by numerous grandchildren and other relatives) made aD the wedding pictures all the social portraits aU the diiUrenh portraits the whole black society of Memphis whether it was poor or said Gordon who winked as a bookkeeper receptionist and secretary for her father "YVfe knew how to make pictures of black people who ranged from white to black (in skin tone) We had a special technique so they didn't look too white and they didn't look too In fact the Hooks Brothers business motto was: "Where There Is Beauty We Thke It Where There Is None We Make Delta State archivist Emfiy Erwin 27 is in change of cataloging the collection which was donated to the university in 1999 by Mississippi collector Steve LaVere (who also controls much of the estate of the blues singer Robert Johnson) LaVfere acquired the collection when it was homeless in the years alter the closing of the photo business but before there was such a keen interest in preserving the Hooks Brothers CoJIectionCouftesy Delta State University Adiives Cleveland MS Hooks Brothers Photography captured special moments for generations but some IDs have been lost Archivists welcome help from the public BLACK HISTORY MONTH Rights museum gives answers to panel take the National Civil Rights Museum for a thousand That's what viewers of will hear today The program airs at 3:30 pm on WREG-TV Channel 3 A crew was in Memphis last summer to shoot visual clues for the show The museum gets its own category of five clues during single Jeopardy Topics covered in the answers range from the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Jr to older historical civil rights figures By the way contestants asked the correct questions to all five answers Classic tunes? Well You Memphis Pig fans aren't dreaming: The station has changed to a classic hits format Emphasis is on the 1980s and 1990s plus five to six current adult contemporary songs The '80s and 908 So wrong for so many reasons Films' top 50 animals Ah lists Without them many of us wouldn't know what to argue about OK not really but fists sure are a great way to start a conversation And when the list is 50 Greatest Movie it's impossible not to dispute the conclusions The show airs 7-9 pm Saturday on Animal Planet The No 1 animal is named at the end of this item So if you don't want to know don't look There are two areas of argument: Where animals place on the list and who's left off it First placement: 48 other animals outrank Asta from Thin movies? No Mr Ed? The great Kermit the Frog only at 11th place behind Beethoven? No Miss Piggy no Road Runner or Wile 1 Pongo and make die list but ahead of Woody the birds from Clyde the orangutan Which Way Elsa the lion from and Black Beauty There's enough on get anyone's blood Now for the No 1 Toto from Not my would go to No Bunny) but it's Devon is We knew Dayna Devon when she but this is else altogether This week and on a number uding Coyote What and and Monday) Devon was an WPTY-TV Channel 1997 to 1999 She to become the anchor for the newsmagazine now is a weekday Devon is donating fees to Fund a dedicated students airs at weekdays on Channel 30 Contact Tom Walter fax 529-2787 Perdita from not only rank 21st Woodpecker from But Just not so this list to boiling movie animal: Wizard of choice (that 3 Bugs defensible everywhere cute-as-a-button went Hollywood left Memphis something next she'll of TV (Friday) (Monday) People Against Drug Abuse will hold its second annual Community Black History Celebration noon-3 pm Sunday at North Frayser Community Center 2555 St Elmo Guests will indude Java Juice A Jazz Kwanzaa Dancers Dancers of Christ and RUM Youth Workshop There will be a dramatic presentation called the Refreshments will be served following the program MEMPHIS IN BLACK HISTORY referenced by subject date dace and so on At Delta State the collection is housed in its own private room where the temperature is maintained at 68-70 degrees md the relative humidity between 35 and 40 per-cent to reduce moisture Robert in the air Handlers wear Hooks doves so the oil on their fingers doesn't damage the material Barbara Andrews program director at the National Qvil Rigits Museum said the exhibition is divided into thematic categories focusing on life at church in school on the street and so on Visitors are encouraged to help the museum and Delta State identify as many people and places in the photos as possible she said Handouts will be available so visitors can fill in any information they have about die pictures are curious to find out If their family is on die wall because fust about every (African-American) family of any duration in Memphis has a Hooks Brothers photograph on their table or in an The Hooks Brothers exhibition is free with admission to the National Civil Rights Museum and will be up through in the exhibition The said the Hooks Brothers collection offers a daunting challenge because it includes and of images including negatives old-fashioned glass-plate nitrate negatives and prints as well as manuscript materials significance of this collection is that it captures foe black history of Erwin said Hooks brothers went out and captured it in its essence in its scene and in its moment are very candid shots with people laughing and you can see die complete joy in their faces There are also portraits which capture a moment when someone was really proud of themselves and trying to look their best In eariy photography to have your portrait taken was a mg deal so you would take a special object with you a book or a lamp even a piece of furniture So these pictures also let us know what was important to the people in Erwin said only aboutlO percent of the collection has been cataloged so far in part because each image must be cross- Hair (also anchor at 24 from left Memphis weekend entertainment She anchor her appearance the Fulfillment nonprofit organization to disadvantaged 1:30 am WLMT-TV at 529-2581 or E-mail walterOcommercialappeal com Did you know That before LeMoyne College adopted the nickname Magicians in 1936 LeMoyne teams were called the Yellow-jackets? That the first black public high school in Memphis was called die Kortrecht School? Hamilton was a principal at Kortrecht and was die first principal of Booker Washington High School Hamilton wrote Bright Side of in 1908 spotlighting black Memphians who had made significant contributions to the city Hamilton High School is named in his honor Source: Memphis historian Ron Walter and The Commercial Appeal archives were selected by Benjamin Hooks wi also is the president of the museumb board of directors who alleged list? nincompoop panel of a experts came up with this his Beifuss: 529-2394 lii 1 1 1 jthreejlifferentsuspensions ocky Mountains as jtsdomTnant backdrop andsomeoTUie with three different cab styles most demanding iffrramlColoradojsJhedefinitiorio wondeLthe newest membero ITtTgfMflyiftlTiilM iitik-RffBTf ft RTM ifeTT and longesQasting trucksTonthe road shares a jiamejvitn our38 state Introducing thejILnewJhev eatures designedtoke-onnearly any challengeTIncluding youichoiceoftwo alljiew Vorte -5 and theVortec 2800 (available early 2004.