Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Civil Rights Icon Dies


I pause today to recognize the life and legacy of a civil rights movement icon Dorothy Height, winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994. Our country has had many challenges to make it the great nation that it is for all of its people. And it is with heartfelt emotion that I take the time to note the passing of one whose life was dedicated to the ideals of equality that we continue to struggle with today.

For many years, she was the president fo the National Council of Negro Women founded by Mary McLeod Bethune.
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