[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 11, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1129]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      REMEMBERING DR. HAZEL DUKES

  (Ms. GILLEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GILLEN. Mr. Speaker, Hazel Dukes was a lifelong champion for 
families and children in New York and across the country. Through her 
decades of civil rights activism, including as president of the NAACP, 
Dr. Dukes fought tirelessly to build a more perfect Union.
  Dr. Dukes broke barriers as the first Black American to work for the 
Nassau County District Attorney's Office, where she stood up for Long 
Island communities that had been long ignored or underserved.
  As we mourn her tremendous loss, we take comfort in the fact that Dr. 
Dukes' legacy will continue to live on in those that she mentored and 
the countless Americans who have been impacted by her life's work. May 
she rest in peace.

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