April 20, 2010
The Washington Post
Dorothy Height lived a life of service
By Hamil R. Harris
The first time I met Dorothy Height, she seemed out of place. She was wearing an obviously expensive pantsuit, sporting a wide-brim church hat and zipping around the Mall on a golf cart.
It was 1986, the first year of the National Black Family Reunion that Height had boldly pushed for….
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