Dorothy Height

Outreach 24/7 will perform at Annual Black Family Reunion Celebration, Sept.10

DC area gospel group Outreach 24/7 is one of the many artists that will perform at the Annual Black Family Reunion Celebration, Saturday, September...

Maya Angelou Black History Month Special on PBS

Storyteller Maya Angelou, who will receive the President’s Medal of Freedom this February, will host her first-ever public radio program,...

Those we have lost in 2010

Benjamin Lawson HooksBenjamin Lawson Hooks was born in Memphis, Tennessee on January 31, 1925. Hooks did extremely well in school; therefore, after...

Remembering, and appreciating, Dr. Dorothy Height

Let me say first off that I never had the pleasure of meeting the great civil rights leader, Dorothy Height. But her face loomed large in my life...

DC remembers civil rights leader Dorothy Height

At 8:15 this morning, the flower-laced coffin of civil rights activist Dorothy Height was delivered to the Washington National Cathedral for her...

Remembering life of Dorothy Height, founding matriarch of civil rights movement

When leaders from all walksof life pass, some of the great newspapers due what they do best: tell the life story of the devoted soul that passed...

Civil Rights Leader Dorothy Height Dies at 98

Civil Rights pioneer Dorothy Height passed away Tuesday morning at the age of 98 at 3:41 a.m. at Howard University Hospital in Washington. Her...

For Liberty and Justice for All - Dorothy Height remembered CNN videos

Civil Rights pioneer Dorothy Height passed away early on April 20, 2010 at the age of 98. CNN commentators talked with Donna Brazile about the...

Dorothy Height: Macon and world reflect on the civil rights movement pioneer's life

Dorothy Height, who was very instrumental in the Civil Rights Movement, passed away Tuesday morning, April 20th at the age of 98. The influential...

When one legend honors another: Oprah Winfrey and Dorothy Height

It's been a whirlwind week of entrepreneurial events. Each event is deserving of its own unique recap. The highlight of my week was undoubtedly the...