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By Melissa Noel ·Updated February 21, 2024
Special honors are being bestowed on a long-time civil rights activist in New York.
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the Dr. Hazel Dukes Fellowship and Black Leadership Institute (BLI) at The State University of New York (SUNY).
Dukes, 91, is president of the NAACP New York State Conference and has fought housing discrimination for decades. According to CBS News, The Dr. Hazel Dukes Fellowship is designed to identify
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