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Biography of C. DeLores Tucker
Name: C. DeLores Tucker
Birth Date: October 4, 1927
Death Date: N/A
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: civil rights activist, activist, organization founder
C. DeLores Tucker
American activist C. DeLores Tucker (born 1927) has risen to national prominence in African American civil rights circles through her tireless activism and political fundraising.The struggle to end racism and make her world a more equal, multicultural society dates back to the 1940s for C. DeLores Tucker. In the decades since then she has become a respected--and indeed even feared--personality. She counts among her personal friends and associates some equally stellar activists for the black cause, including Coretta Scott King, the Reverend Desmond Tutu, and Colin Powell. Her career in civil rights has spanned the entire latter half of the twentieth century. In the 1990s, she became a vocal opponent of demeaning images of minorities in rap music and did not shirk from blaming the African Americans she felt were ultimately responsible. Like the other battles she has engaged in, this crusade and her outspokenness earned her enemies. …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…Tucker spoke out against the financial misdeeds of President William Gibson in 1994, and organized a "Save Our Ship" committee; the board eventually ousted Gibson and advanced Tucker's friend, civil-rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams (widow of slain 1960s activist Medgar Evers), to the presidency. In her lifetime, Tucker has received over 300 honors, is publisher of Vital Issues: The Journal of African American Speeches, and has served as a vice-president of the Philadelphia Tribune since 1989. In the interview with Weintraub of the Washington Post, Tucker did admit to wondering who might fill her shoes: "I wish other people could do what I'm doing so I could step back and retire." Further Reading Smith, Jessie Carney, editor, Notable Black American Women, Gale, 1992.Chicago Tribune, September 15, 1995; November 10, 1996.CNN Crossfires Chat, http://www.cnn.com/chat/transcripts/2000/9/11/goldberg-tucker/ (September 11, 2000).Los Angeles Times, March 20, 1996, p. A1.Parents Television Council, May 14, 2001. Press release. Washington Post, November 29, 1995, p. C1.
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