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Corporate America To Honor NAACP’s
Dr. Benjamin Hooks
Roger Enrico of Frito-Lay
to Serve as Dinner chairman.
Corporate A merica will gather
December 11, 1991 at the New York
Hilton and Tow ers to honor Dr. Ben­
jamin Hooks, executive director o f the
national A ssociation for the A dvance­
ment o f Colored People (N AACP), for
a lifetime of service to the civil rights
movement. Corporate chairman for the
event is Roger Enrico, chairm an and
CEO of Frito-Lay, Inc., a division of
PepsiCo., Inc.
Dr. Hooks is beginning his 15th
year as exec uti ve director for N AACP.
Founded in 1909, NAACP is the larg­
est and oldest civil rights o rg a n iz a ­
tion in the w orld, with some 2,200
local branches and a nationw ide m em ­
bership o f more than 500,000 indi­
viduals.
Under the leadership of Dr. Hooks,
NAACP has had an active and broad
role in minority affiars. NAACP pro­
gram s assist poor and minority people
in the fields of education, em ploy­
ment, voter registration and inform a­
tion, youth program s and prison re­
forms. The organization also monitors
and proposes legislation that affects
civil and hum an rights.
Dr. Hooks was appointed execu­
tive director in 1977. In 1979 he led
the Prayer V igil in W ashington, D.C.,
which was successful in helping de­
feat an anti-busing am endm ent In 1980
he becam e the first civil rights leader
to address both the Democratic and
Republican national conventions in
the same year.
Benefit Chairm an Roger Enrico
became chairm an and CEO o f Frito-
Lay in 1990. Prior to this he was presi­
dent and CEO o f PepsiCo W orldwide
Beverages, which includes Pepsi-Cola
and international soft drink operations.
During his tenure, Pepsi-Cola sales
reached $6.5 billion and profits hit
more than $750 million. Mr. Enrico is
the author of ‘ ‘The Other Guy Blinked,’ ’
the story o f how Pepsi won the cola
wars. PepsiCo, Inc. is an $18 billion
corporation with a leadership position
in soft drinks, snack foods and restau­
rants.
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Dr. Benjamin Hooks, executive
director of the NAACP, will be
honored for a lifetime of service to
the civil rights movement.
Roger Enrico, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Frito-Lay, a
division of PepsiCo, will serve as
dinner chairman for the NAACP
event to honor Dr. Hooks.
Leaders from more than 1,500 cor­
porations will honor Dr. Hooks. Enter­
tainm ent will be legendary jazz m usi­
cian Lionel Hampton and his band. For
more information on the dinner contact
Dean Sayles at 212-260-1070.
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Portland Observer
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