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Civil rights activist Dorothy Height dies at 98 (175 hits)

Dorothy Height, a leading civil rights activist, died Tuesday. Height, who had been chair and president emeritas of the National Council of Negro Women, worked in the 1960s alongside civil rights pioneers, including the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.,John Lewis and A. Philip Randolph.

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Tuesday, April 20th 2010 at 7:07AM
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Thank you George for passing on this information. She lived a long life huh? So many youth won't make it to 18.... She's had a blessed life I think her secret could of been obedience.
Tuesday, April 20th 2010 at 8:42AM
MIISRAEL Bride
RIP Ms. Height!!!
Tuesday, April 20th 2010 at 1:01PM
Siebra Muhammad
Thanks George.... She leaves a Phononemal legacy behind!!
Tuesday, April 20th 2010 at 10:41PM
Cynthia Merrill Artis
She has gone to her reward.Her life was a smile for all of us to follow.
Thanks George
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