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Civil rights activist Dorothy Height dies at 98

George Cook · Tuesday, April 20th 2010 at 7:07AM · 187 views
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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MIISRAEL Bride Tuesday, April 20th 2010 at 8:42AM

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.

Siebra Muhammad Tuesday, April 20th 2010 at 1:01PM

RIP Ms. Height!!!

Cynthia Merrill Artis Tuesday, April 20th 2010 at 10:41PM

Thanks George.... She leaves a Phononemal legacy behind!!

ROBINSON IRMA Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM

She has gone to her reward.Her life was a smile for all of us to follow.
Thanks George

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