Obituary
Hazel Dukes, Longtime New York Leader of NAACP, Dies at 92
- Grew up as a neighbor of Rosa Parks in Montgomery, Alabama
- Saw ‘progress that makes America what she said she will be’
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Hazel Dukes, former president of the NAACP and longtime president of the civil rights organization’s New York chapter, has died. She was 92.
She died on March 1 at her home in New York City, the Associated Press reported, citing a statement by her son, Ronald Dukes.