The HistoryMakers video oral history with Robert Hooks.

Actor and theatre company founder Robert Hooks was born Bobby Dean Hooks on April 18, 1937 in Washington D.C. Hooks performed in his first play, The Pirates of Penzance, at the age of nine. Hooks attended and graduated from Francis Junior High School. He moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and atten...

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Access Note:Access to electronic resources restricted to Simmons University students, faculty and staff.
Other Authors: Brock, Paul (Interviewer), Hickey, Matthew (director of photography.), Stearns, Scott (director of photography.)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
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