In the words of Derrick Johnson, President of the National NAACP, “Trailblazer. Activist. Educator. Legend. Dr. Hazel N. Dukes was all of this and more. The NAACP community mourns the loss of “Mama Dukes,” one of our fiercest leaders who passed away at the age of 92 on March 1, 2025.”
To learn more about her life and work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel_Nell_Dukes and https://naacp.org/people/hazel-n-dukes