Author and activist bell hooks, who was celebrated for her literature on feminism and race, died on Wednesday, Lexington Herald-Leader reported. She was 69. The author was born on
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Author and activist bell hooks, who was celebrated for her literature on feminism and race, died on Wednesday, Lexington Herald-Leader reported. She was 69. The author was born on Sept. 25, 1952, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky as Gloria Jean Watkins. She
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