OFIELD DUKES NAMED TO SUCCEED
C. DELORES TUCKER AS PRESIDENT
OF THE BETHUNE-DUBOIS INSTITUTE

Ofield Dukes

(AANEWSWIRE)Washington, DC-William Tucker, Vice Chairman of Bethune-DuBois Institute, has announced that Ofield Dukes has been named to succeed his late wife, Dr. C. DeLores Tucker, as president of the Institute.

Tucker made the announcement at the annual Bethune-DuBois Institute Awards Dinner. He said Dukes, who has served as Secretary of the Bethune-DuBois Institute from its founding, worked very closely with his wife as an advisor and associate over the past 20 years.

"Dukes was there working with my wife at the inception of the Bethune-DuBois Fund," Tucker said, "and she depended heavily and consistently on his advice and support in politics and all her civic endeavors."

After serving for three years in the Johnson-Humphrey administration as an Assistant to Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, Dukes has operated his successful public relations firms for the past 37 years. He assisted in organizing the first Congressional Black Caucus dinner and served on the board of the CBC Foundation for 14 years.

He also served as an advisor to the late Mrs. Coretta Scott King and served for 10 years on the board of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non-Violent Social Change and to the late Dr. Leon Sullivan in his fight to end apartheid in South Africa.

Dukes said, "C. DeLores was remarkable in working full-time for the cause of African American advancement. In politics, civil rights, and women's rights, she was one of the most influential and productive African American leaders of the past three decades. No one can ever replace her."

The Bethune-DuBois Institute is a non-profit organization that provides scholarship assistance to students, hosts public policy forums on critical political, economic, cultural, educational and health issues, and publishes the unique, informative publication, Vital Issues: The Journal of African American Speeches.

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