April 22, 2009
BlackAmericaWeb.com
Civil Rights Icon Dorothy Height Feted as a ‘Great American’
By Jackie Jones
Every movement needs a plan if it is to endure, Dorothy I. Height, chair and president emerita of the National Council of Negro Women and chairperson of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, told an audience gathered to honor her in Washington Tuesday night.
“Young people need a sense of strategy. They must learn the big task is to take hold and move … that silence is not the position we need to take. We need to make our voices heard ..."
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BlackAmericaWeb.com
Civil Rights Icon Dorothy Height Feted as a ‘Great American’
By Jackie Jones
Every movement needs a plan if it is to endure, Dorothy I. Height, chair and president emerita of the National Council of Negro Women and chairperson of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, told an audience gathered to honor her in Washington Tuesday night.
“Young people need a sense of strategy. They must learn the big task is to take hold and move … that silence is not the position we need to take. We need to make our voices heard ..."
read the full article