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'''C. DeLores Tucker''' (née '''Cynthia DeLores Nottage''') ([[October 4]], [[1927]]-[[October 12]], [[2005]])<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/313/000104998/</ref> was a [[United States|U.S.]] [[politician]] and [[civil rights]] activist best known for her participation in the [[Civil Rights Movement]] and stance against [[gangsta rap]] music.

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==Early life==

Born in [[Philadelphia]] to a [[Minister of religion|minister]] and a "[[Christian]] [[feminism|feminist]] mother" on [[October 4]], [[1927]], she was the tenth of eleven children. Ms. Tucker attended [[Temple University]] and the [[University of Pennsylvania]]-[[Wharton School]]. (Later in life she was the recipient of two [[honorary degree|honorary doctoral]] degrees from [[Morris College]] in [[Sumter, South Carolina]] and [[Villa Maria College]] in [[Pennsylvania]], 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.

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==Civil rights activities==

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]].

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.

Tucker also was responsible for the Governor’s appointment of more women judges and more women and [[African Americans]] to boards and commissions than ever before. She also led the effort to make [[Pennsylvania]] one of the first [[U.S. state|states]] to pass the [[Equal Rights Amendment]]. As Chief of Elections of Pennsylvania, she was a leader in instituting a voter registration by mail and reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years of age.

==Political career==

In 1971, Tucker became the first female [[African-American]] [[Secretary of State (U.S. state government)|Secretary of State]] in the U.S., serving for the [[Commonwealth (United States)|Commonwealth]] of [[Pennsylvania]] until 1977. During this time she instituted the first [[Commission on the Status of Women]].<ref name="umd">[http://www.welfareacademy.org/conf/papers/tucker_bio.shtml Dr. C. DeLores Tucker]. [[University of Maryland]]. Last accessed August 24, 2007.</ref>

She was founder and president of the Bethune-DuBois Institute, Inc., which she established in 1991 to promote the cultural development of [[African American]] youth through scholarships and educational programs.<ref name="umd">[http://www.welfareacademy.org/conf/papers/tucker_bio.shtml Dr. C. DeLores Tucker]. [[University of Maryland]]. Last accessed August 24, 2007.</ref> Ms. Tucker also launched, and serves as publisher of the renowned publication, ''Vital Issues: The Journal of African American Speeches''; an acknowledgement of its launching was inserted into the ''[[Congressional Record]]'' by then [[Congressman]] [[William H. Gray (congressman)|William H. Gray]].

==Stance on hip hop music==

Ms. Tucker dedicated much of the last few years of her life to removing sexually explicit lyrics from [[hip hop music|rap and hip-hop]] tracks, citing a concern that the lyrics were [[misogyny|misogynistic]] and threatened the moral foundation of the African American community.<ref name="washingtonpost">{{cite news | last = Lamb| first = Yvonne Shinhoster | title = C. Delores Tucker Dies at 78; Rights and Anti-Rap Activist| work = [[The Washington Post]]| pages = B4| date = 2005-10-13| url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/13/AR2005101300024.html | accessdate = 2007-08-24 }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web | last = Schulenberg | first = Caroline | title = Worst TV Show of the Week - "The Vibe Awards" on UPN | publisher = [[Parents Television Council]] | date = 2005-11-21 | url = http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2005/1121worst.asp | accessdate = 2007-09-04 }}</ref>

Called "narrow-minded" by some rappers who often called her out in their lyrics, Ms. Tucker picketed stores that sold [[hip hop music|rap]] music and bought stock in labels like [[Sony]], [[Time Warner]], and others in order to protest [[Hip hop music|hip-hop]] at their shareholders' meetings.<ref name="washingtonpost">{{cite news | last = Lamb| first = Yvonne Shinhoster | title = C. Delores Tucker Dies at 78; Rights and Anti-Rap Activist| work = [[The Washington Post]]| pages = B4| date = 2005-10-13| url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/13/AR2005101300024.html | accessdate = 2007-08-24 }}</ref> She also fought against the [[NAACP]]'s decision to nominate late rapper [[Tupac Shakur]] for one of its [[Image Awards]]<ref name="washingtonpost">{{cite news | last = Lamb| first = Yvonne Shinhoster | title = C. Delores Tucker Dies at 78; Rights and Anti-Rap Activist| work = [[The Washington Post]]| pages = B4| date = 2005-10-13| url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/13/AR2005101300024.html | accessdate = 2007-08-24 }}</ref> and filed a $10 million lawsuit against his estate for comments that the rapper made in his song "[[How Do U Want It]]?" on the album ''[[All Eyez on Me]]'', in which Shakur rapped ''"Delores Tucker you's a motherfucker / Instead of trying to help a [[nigga]] you destroy a brother"''. In her lawsuit, Tucker claimed that comments in this song, and on the track "Wonda Why They Call U Bitch" from the same album, damaged her sex life with her husband.<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n15_v92/ai_19722943 C. DeLores Tucker files $10 million lawsuit against Tupac Shakur's estate]. ''[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]'': 1997.</ref> This case was eventually dismissed.<ref>Welte, Jim. [http://www.mp3.com/news/stories/6565.html Court rejects Tupac critic case]. [[MP3.com]]: October 2, 2006.</ref>

Rappers like [[Eminem]] rap criticized Tucker. In the song "[[D12 World|Rap Game]]" by his group [[D12]], Eminem raps ''"I'm all for America, fuck the government / Tell that C. Delores Tucker slut to suck a [[penis|dick]] / [[Motherfucker]] ducked, what the fuck? Son of a bitch / Take away my gun, I'm gonna tuck some other shit"''. In his song "[[The Documentary|Church for Thugs]]", [[The Game (rapper)|The Game]] raps "''I've got more hatred in my soul than [[Tupac Shakur|Pac]] had for Delores Tucker''." Jay-Z chimes in as well, with the lines "''I don't care if you're C. Dolores Tucker or you're [[Bill_O%27Reilly_%28commentator%29 | Bill O'Reilly]], you only riling me up''," from ''[[The_Black_Album_%28Jay-Z_album%29 | The Black Album's]]'' "Threat."

Tucker later went on to serve in the Advisory Board of the [[Parents Television Council]] until her death in 2005.<ref>http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/aboutus/advisoryboard/drtucker.htm</ref> <ref>http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/letters/2002archive2.asp</ref>

==Accolades==

Selected as one of ''25 of the World’s Most Intriguing People'' by ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine, Tucker was also selected as a ''People Magazine'' 1996 Yearbook Honoree, and was featured in the inaugural issue of [[John F. Kennedy, Jr.]]'s ''[[George (magazine)|George]]'' magazine for her crusade against [[gangsta rap]]. In addition, she has been acknowledged for her deep concern for children by [[First Lady]] [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] in the book ''[[It Takes A Village]]''. The [[National Women's Political Caucus]] and ''[[Redbook]]'' also named her as the woman best qualified to be Ambassador to the [[United Nations]]. For five consecutive years, from 1972 through [[1977]], she was listed as among ''[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]'' magazine's ''100 Most Influential Black Americans''. During that period, she was listed as ''[[Ladies Home Journal]]'' Nominee for Woman of the Year in both [[1975]] and 1976. She was recognized by ''Ebony'' as one of the '100 Most Influential Black Organization Leaders' in the country in 2001 and 2002. Dr. Tucker was also a prominent member of [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]] [[Sorority]], Inc.<ref name="umd"/>

On Tuesday, [[April 25]], [[2006]], a state historical marker honoring Tucker was unveiled in a ceremony at the [[State Museum of Pennsylvania]], Harrisburg, in her honor by Pennsylvania Governor [[Ed Rendell|Edward G. Rendell]], the [[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission]], and William Tucker, her husband.

In addition, it was announced that the North Building which is adjacent to the [[Pennsylvania State Capitol|State Capitol Building]], will be renamed the Secretary C. Delores Tucker Building. The state marker is to be installed outside the entrance to the newly named building.

The marker reads:

<blockquote>C. Delores Tucker

<P>

1927—2005

<P>

Civil rights leader and activist for

women, she was the first African American

Secretary of State in the nation.

Championed the PA Equal Rights Amendment

and policies on affirmative action, voter

registration by mail, and lowering the

voting age to 18. Spearheaded the creation

of the Commission on the Status of Women &

led a successful crusade critical of the

music industry and lyrics demeaning to

women, African Americans, and children.

</blockquote><ref>http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/DOH/markerresults.asp?secid=31&namesearch=C.+Delores+Tucker&Submit=Search+by+Marker+Title</ref>

==Death==

Dr. Tucker died on Wednesday, [[October 12]], [[2005]] at Suburban Woods Health Center in [[Norristown, Pennsylvania]] at the age of 78.<ref name="washingtonpost"/>

==References==

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==External links==

*[http://www.philacongressncbw.org/home.htm Official Website of the Philadelphia Congress of the National Congress of Black Women]