Hazel Dukes, former president of the NAACP and longtime president of the civil rights organization’s New York chapter, has ...

Remembering Hazel Nell Dukes, a civil rights activist and leader within the NAACP, who passed away at 92. Her legacy ...

Hazel Dukes, a longtime New York City and national civil rights leader, died in her Harlem home on March 1 at 92 years old.

Hazel Dukes died peacefully at her home in New York City surrounded by her family, the NAACP New York State Conference announced in a statement.

Hazel Dukes, the president of the New York State chapter of the NAACP and lifelong civil rights advocate, has died.

Dr. Dukes understood the importance of educators and labor unions as people and as a means to opportunity for all, particularly for our children, and those who have confronted society’s challenges.