PHILADELPHIA -- Political activist C. DeLores Tucker, 78, who marched with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., was the first black to serve as secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and in later years protested against obscenities in rap music, died Wednesday.
The West Mount Airy, Pa., resident spent her life fighting for civil rights; it was a struggle she carried out with poise and elegance. She was known for wearing turbans with matching ensembles, even when taking to the streets or being arrested.


Within hours of her death -- of undisclosed causes at Suburban Woods Health and Rehabilitation Center in Norristown, Pa. -- many of the area's politicians issued statements.
"The cause of civil rights was a lifelong crusade for C. DeLores Tucker," Philadelphia Mayor John Street said. "Her continued work promoting and protecting the legacy of Dr. King and the nonviolent movement for change will never be forgotten."
Tucker was such a vocal and visible opponent of the messages in rap music that rappers took to ridiculing her in their lyrics. She fired back with defamation lawsuits.
In 1999, a federal judge threw out the suit Tucker filed against the estate of gangsta rapper Tupac Shakur, who was slain in 1996, involving the rhyming of her surname with an obscenity in his 1996 album "All Eyez on Me."

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now here's a name i haven't heard in a while...i remember her mostly because of her speaking out against the lyrical content in rap music.

A crusader of censorship! Oh well, her intention sounded commendable.

CinisterCee said:

Some Tupac lyrics come to mind.

RepoMan said:

She said and did many dumb things, but may she rest in peace. At least she knows what the dawn looks like now.

DAMN, I hadn't heard shit about her dying