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Waudieur “Woodie” Rucker-Hughes, a longtime activist and educator who led the Riverside branch of the NAACP for the past two decades, died Friday, July 13.
A history teacher at North High School in Riverside from 1969 to 1975, Rucker-Hughes also served in multiple administrative roles at the Riverside Unified School District and as executive director of Opportunities Industrialization Center.