Educator, activist and civic leader Cecilia “CeeCee” Tucker died late last month. Tucker was an icon in the Hampton Roads civil rights fight and an advocate for diversity and equity initiatives long before the phrase entered the popular lexicon. She was 86.
Tucker grew up in Mecklenburg County during the Jim Crow era. In the late 1950s. She went on to study biology at Virginia Union University, where she met the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This past February, Tucker shared memories of that meeting with WAVY TV 10. During her interview, she displayed a cherished keepsake — a bible signed by King and his wife, Coretta Scott King…