Michelle Obama sat down for a conversation with Shonda Rhimes at the Pennsylvania Conference for Women on Tuesday, where she spoke about female empowerment, ethics in the White House and was ultimately surprised by a video message from her husband celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. Reflecting on Barack Obama’s eight years in office, the former FLOTUS said she admired the […]
Frances Hooks, the widow of NAACP leader and civil rights champion Dr. Benjamin Hooks, died last Thursday. She was 88. Mrs. Hooks, a longtime educator and philanthropist, was also instrumental in her husband’s success. Hooks grew up in Memphis, Tennessee and attended the famed Booker T. Washington High School. Hooks attended Fisk University for […]
