Nation IN BRIEF : LOUISIANA : Ex-NAACP Leader Has Bypass Surgery
Former NAACP director Benjamin L. Hooks was in stable condition following heart bypass surgery. Hooks, 69, arrived at Tulane University Medical Center on Thursday, complaining of chest discomfort. He underwent a four-hour quadruple bypass operation Saturday, the hospital said. Hooks, the former executive director for the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People, was in New Orleans to attend the annual meeting of the National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc. Hooks retired April 1, 1993, after 15 years as head of the NAACP.
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