Dorothy Height, godmother of the civil rights movement, dies at 98
7:34 AM on 04/20/2010
African American leaders after a meeting with Mayor Wagner, June 4, 1965 in New York. From left: Morris Dosewell, American Labor Council; Dorothy Height, National Committee Negro Women; Alexander Allen, Urban League; Basil Paterson, NAACP and Bayard Rustin, director of the Philips Randolph Institute. (AP Photo)
Dorothy Height, a legend in civil rights leadership, died of natural causes this morning at Howard University Hospital, a spokesperson for the hospital confirmed. She was 98 years old.
"I am deeply saddened by the passing today of my dear frien
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