January 15, 1998

NAACP Board Votes to Remove Embattled Trustee

By PAUL DEMKO

The Board of Directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has ousted Hazel Dukes as a trustee.

In October, Ms. Dukes pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted grand larceny for stealing about $13,000 from a leukemia-stricken associate. She was asked to resign from the board in November, along with three other trustees accused of financial malfeasance. After Ms. Dukes declined to step aside, the board voted last month to force her

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