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From Huffington Post: Dr. Dorothy Height, the matriarch of the civil rights movement, died today at the age of 98.
SLIDESHOW - Height, whose activism on behalf of women and minorities dated to the New Deal, led the National Council…
OPINION - Dorothy Height reminds us that even long lives are far too short, and that the time for action…
The late Dorothy Height dedicated every moment of her being to service, to create the best world possible for all...