A Life of Impact

Activist Dorothy Height, who had been active in the Civil Rights movement since the New Deal and continued her activism through the election of President Obama, died April 20, 2010.

Height marched with Martin Luther King Jr. She led the National Council of Negro Women for 40 years. As the Associated Press reports, she "was known for her determination and grace — as well as her wry humor."

Besides the changed she affected in her lifetime, Dorothy Height will remain a role model for women everywhere: standing up courageously and determinedly for her beliefs.

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