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Dorothy Irene Height (March 24, 1912 – April 20, 2010) was an African-American civil rights and women's rights activist. She focused on the issues of African-American women, including unemployment , illiteracy , and voter awareness. [2]
Dorothy Irene Height ( 24 mars 1912 – 20 avril 2010) est une militante afro-américaine. Présidente du National Council of Negro Women (Conseil national des femmes noires) de 1957 à 1998, elle a reçu la médaille présidentielle de la Liberté en 1994 et la médaille d'or du Congrès en 2004.
In 1960, Height was the woman team member leader in the United Civil Rights Leadership along with Martin Luther King, Whitney H. Young, A. Philip Randolph, James Farmer, Roy Wilkins and John Lewis.
Born in Richmond, Virginia March 24, 1912, Dorothy Irene Height became for many, an example of a life of service. In high school, she began her activism, participating in anti-lynching campaigns of the 1920s.
27 mars 2007 · Born on March 24, 1912, Dorothy Irene Height was an activist, administrator, and educator dedicated racial and women’s equality in the United States. She was born in Richmond, Virginia, to James Height, a building contractor, and Fannie (Burroughs) Height, a nurse.
Dorothy Height was an American civil rights and women’s rights activist, a widely respected and influential leader of organizations focused primarily on improving the circumstances of and opportunities for African American women. Reared in Rankin, Pa., Height graduated in 1933 from New York.
Militante politique américaine luttant pour les droits civiques et les droits des femmes, Dorothy Irene Height, figure très respectée et influente, dirigea diverses organisations œuvrant principalement à améliorer les conditions de vie des femmes noires américaines.
