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Floor SpeechNeutral2025-03-11

HONORING LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. HAZEL N. DUKES

Adriano Espaillat
Adriano Espaillat
DNY-13 · Representative
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HousingVoting RightsCivil Rights

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On 2025-03-11, Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13) delivered a floor speech titled "HONORING LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. HAZEL N. DUKES" in the House. The speech addressed housing and also covered voting rights, civil rights.

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HONORING LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. HAZEL N. DUKES

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 45 (Tuesday, March 11, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 11, 2025)] [House] [Page H1080] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] HONORING LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. HAZEL N. DUKES (Mr. ESPAILLAT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. ESPAILLAT. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Hazel Dukes, a former civil rights champion and the former president of the NAACP New York State Conference. After her family migrated to New York from the South, Dr. Dukes became involved in the fight for racial justice and spent more than seven decades tirelessly fighting for voting rights, economic development, fair housing, and education. She was ultimately selected by Lyndon B. Johnson to head the Head Start program. Dr. Dukes was an active and dynamic leader. She was someone that you will never forget. If I could describe her, I would say that Dr. Dukes was Harlem, and in many ways, Harlem was her. Mr. Speaker, we will always remember her as an icon and the heartbeat of Harlem and the NAACP. She will always be with us in thought. May she rest in power. Harlem loves her. ____________________
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