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A leader in the Civil Rights movement, Dr. Dorothy Height served as president of the National Council of Negro Women for 40 years. Find out more at womenshistory.org.
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Dorothy Irene Height (March 24, 1912 – April 20, 2010) was an African-American civil rights and women's rights activist. She focused on the issues of African-American women, including unemployment , illiteracy , and voter awareness. [2]
Dorothy Height was an American civil rights and women’s rights activist, a widely respected and influential leader of organizations focused primarily on improving the circumstances of and opportunities for African American women. Reared in Rankin, Pa., Height graduated in 1933 from New York.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Dorothy Height was a civil rights and women's rights activist focused primarily on improving the circumstances of and opportunities for African American women.
Apr 21, 2010 · Dorothy Height was standing beside Martin Luther King when he delivered his famous speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, 28 August 1963. She outlived him by more than 40 years,...
Aug 15, 2019 · Dorothy Height (March 24, 1912–April 20, 2010) was a teacher, social service worker, and the four-decade-long president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). She was called the "godmother of the women's movement" for her work for women's rights, and was one of few women present on the speaking platform during the 1963 March on ...
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Dr. Dorothy Irene Height. Activist. Born March 24, 1912 in Richmond, VA, Died April 20, 2010 in Washington, DC. She hardly ever got her name in the paper. That honor was reserved for people like the so-called “Big Six” of the Civil Rights movement – Asa Philip Randolph, John Lewis, Roy Wilkins, James Forman, Whitney Young and Martin ...
