Civil rights icon Dr. Hazel Dukes was memorialized at a funeral service yesterday in Harlem. The civil rights activist died on March first at the age of 92. Dukes led the New York State NAACP for nearly five decades, fought for voting rights, fair housing, and education throughout her career. Haverstraw supervisor Howard Phillips says he had met Dukes several times…
In January 2023, Dukes performed the swearing-in ceremony for New York governor, Kathy Hochul…
Dukes also served as the head of the national NAACP from 1989 to 1992.