Edwin Wilburn Hooker Sr. (July 17, 1913 – July 10, 1989)[1] was an American farmer, cattleman, and businessman who served as a state legislator in Mississippi. Served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1956 to 1964. He represented Holmes County, Mississippi in the Mississippi Senate.[2][3]
He served on the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, a state agency established to preserve segregation.[4] A staunch segregationist, he pushed a 1954 bill to rescind Mississippi's offer of land for a new Veterans Administration Hospital because it would be integrated.[5] He also took issue with book purchases by the University of Mississippi.[2] Hooker authored a bill in 1956 that would allow citizens' councils to receive state funds in order to continue segregation in the state.[6][7]
In the 1960s, he lived at 103 Wall Street, Lexington, Mississippi.[8] Hooker was a member of the Freemasons, the Shriners, and belonged to the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).[8]
References edit
- ^ Canerdy, Beverly (June 12, 1989). "E. Wilburn Hooker Sr., ex-House Member". Clarion-Ledger. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Javits, Jacob Koppel (1960). Discrimination, U.S.A. Harcourt, Brace. p. 234.
Wilbur Hooker
- ^ "SCR ID # 3-17A-1-9-1-1-1". MS Digital Archives. February 29, 1960. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- ^ "The Mississippa Legislature" (PDF). June 2, 1964.
- ^ Smith, David Barton (June 2005). "The Politics of Racial Disparities: Desegregating the Hospitals in Jackson, Mississippi". The Milbank Quarterly. 83 (2): 247–269. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0009.2005.00346.x. ISSN 0887-378X. PMC 2690142. PMID 15960771.
State Representative Wilburn Hooker
- ^ "Would Make Citizens Councils Eligible for State Funds". Jackson Advocate. 1956-03-17. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- ^ "Would Make..." Jackson Advocate. 1956-03-17. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- ^ a b "Genocide in Mississippi by The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)". Tulane University Digital Library. Tulane University. 1964. p. 10.https://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/islandora/object/tulane%3A21196
