C. Delores Tucker
| C. Delores Tucker | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | |
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In office January 20, 1971 – September 21, 1977 |
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| Governor | Milton Shapp |
| Preceded by | Joseph Kelley |
| Succeeded by | Barton Fields |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 4, 1927 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | October 12, 2005 (aged 78) Norristown, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Bill Tucker |
| Alma mater |
Temple University The Wharton School |
| Profession | Salesperson, Politician, Activist |
Cynthia Delores Tucker (née Nottage) (October 4, 1927 – October 12, 2005) was an American politician and civil rights activist best known for her participation in the Civil Rights Movement and her stance against gangsta rap music.
Born in Philadelphia to a minister from the Bahamas and a "Christian feminist mother" on October 4, 1927, she was the tenth of thirteen children. Tucker attended Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. She was later the recipient of two honorary doctoral degrees from Morris College in Sumter, South Carolina and Villa Maria College in Pennsylvania, and for this reason, she is sometimes referred to as "Dr. Tucker".
In 1951, she married William "Bill" Tucker, a successful Philadelphia real estate agent and she herself worked in real estate and insurance sales early in her career.
Tucker had a long history in the Civil Rights Movement. Early on, her civil activities included participating in the 1965 march in Selma, Alabama alongside the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and raising funds for the NAACP.
In 1990, Tucker, along with 15 other African American women and men, formed the African-American Women for Reproductive Freedom. She was the convening founder and national chair of the National Congress of Black Women, Inc. (NCBW), having succeeded the Hon. Shirley Chisholm in 1992.
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