While in college, I learned a lot about Dr. Dorothy Height, mostly from her memoir Open Wide The Freedom Gates. She was an AMAZING womanwho dedicated her life to civil rights and women’s rights. Today would have been her 100th birthday.
Today In History
‘Dorothy Irene Height, National Council of Negro Women President and activist, was born in Richmond, VA, on this date March 24, 1912.’
(photo: Dorothy Irene Height)
- CARTER Magazine
- Mar. 24, 2012 @ 13:57 ♥ 12
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Happy Birthday to Dorothy Irene Height
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