AmNews Archives: Hazel Dukes

Written by tourist_yp6g7u on March 16, 2024. Posted in Blog.

Activist and NAACP New York State Conference President Hazel N. Dukes is a longtime local leader who’s built a legacy of fighting for civil rights spanning decades and continues to improve conditions for the Black community.

A native of Montgomery, Ala., Dukes moved to New York in 1955 becoming a community organizer in Nassau County. She is a member of the NAACP National Board of Directors, a member of the NAACP Executive Committee and well as an active member of various NAACP board sub-committees.

Along with her dedicated work with the NAACP, Dukes is a former President of the Metro-Manhattan Links Chapter, in 2010 was appointed the National Links NGO Representative and is a former trustee of the State University of New York and Stillman College. She is a member of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc., and National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, INC. Dukes is also a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Northern Manhattan Alumnae Chapter.

We open up the AmNews Archives of Dukes’ work through the years.