Dorothy Height
Dorothy Height
Dorothy Irene Height an American administrator and educator, was a civil rights and women's rights activist specifically focused on the issues of African-American women, including unemployment, illiteracy, and voter awareness. She was the president of the National Council of Negro Women for forty years and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth24 March 1912
CityRichmond, VA
CountryUnited States of America
These stamps herald the struggle of men, women and children in the quest for equality, ... They are a fitting reminder that the work yet to be done must be built upon the contributions made by millions to bring our country to a better place.
We had people of all backgrounds coming together -- all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life, ... And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility.
But we're all in the same boat now, and we've got to learn to work together.
She said it in her gentle manner but with the same vigor of the prophets of old as they struck injustice,
She has made his teachings something that will live for a long time. She took the King philosophy seriously and she worked at it. And it was not a thing for show. It was for helping them instill in their own lives the principles that he had taught.
We all have to do whatever we can.
We're here from all over the country, from many different backgrounds,
We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.
The black woman had had to struggle against being a person of great strength.
The Black family of the future will foster our liberation, enhance our self-esteem, and shape our ideas and goals.
I am the product of many whose lives have touched mine, from the famous, distinguished, and powerful to the little known and the poor.
If the times aren't ripe, you have to ripen the times.
We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility.
We are not a problem people, we are people with problems.