Dorothy Height
Dorothy Height
Dorothy Irene Height an American administrator and educator, was a civil rights and women's rights activist specifically focused on the issues of African-American women, including unemployment, illiteracy, and voter awareness. She was the president of the National Council of Negro Women for forty years and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth24 March 1912
CityRichmond, VA
CountryUnited States of America
A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can,t take the same things for granted.
She said it in her gentle manner but with the same vigor of the prophets of old as they struck injustice,
We all have to do whatever we can.
We had people of all backgrounds coming together -- all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life, ... And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility.
Progress comes from caring more about what needs to be done than about who gets the credit
We're here from all over the country, from many different backgrounds,