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Many people remember Hazel Dukes from seeing her in the halls of power. I’ll remember her as an organizer’s organizer.

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The wake and funeral for civil rights activist and NAACP New York State Conference president Hazel N. Dukes, who died Saturday at age 92 in her Manhattan home, will be on next Tuesday and Wednesday in ...

Leaders from are sharing their words of condolences and memories in honor of the Dr. Hazel Dukes, who passed away on Saturday ...

Hazel Nell Dukes, civil rights activist and president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) New York State Conference, has died at the age of 92.

Dr. Hazel N. Dukes, a trailblazing civil rights leader and longtime president of the NAACP New York State Conference, died ...

Hazel Dukes was a barrier breaker, a glass ceiling shatterer, and a leader for millions of New Yorkers and Americans,” State ...

Hazel Nell Dukes, a towering figure in the civil rights movement and longtime NAACP leader, died Saturday, March 1, at age 92 ...

A longtime civil rights icon died on Saturday. Hazel Nell Dukes, 92, president of the NAACP New York State Conference, ...