Dr. Hazel Nell Dukes, a distinguished civil rights activist and longtime president of the NAACP New York State Convention, has died on the age of 92.
Her son launched a press release Saturday morning confirming the passing of the activist, who spent a long time of her work in and round New York.
“Mom departed this life peacefully on the morning of March 1, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. Mom was a committed civil rights leader in New York City and the nation and worked tirelessly on the frontlines almost to the end,” Ronald Dukes mentioned in a press release on behalf of the household.
Rev. Al Sharpton described Dukes as a “force of nature for justice” and an “activist of the highest order.”
“We will never have another Hazel Dukes, but I am grateful that we had this one,” Sharpton mentioned of Dukes, whom he knew for greater than 40 years.
“A great pioneer and warrior for social and racial justice, Hazel Dukes was my champion for as long as I can remember and close to all of us in the Cuomo family,” Cuomo mentioned.
On Lengthy Island, Nassau County Govt Bruce Blakeman mentioned flags had been be lowered to half workers till Dukes’ burial “as a memorial to a great leader.”
