Dorothy Height, the leading female voice of the 1960s civil rights movement and a participant in historic marches with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others, died Tuesday. She was 98. Subscribe to ...

Civil rights icon Dorothy Height died this morning at Howard University Hospital. No reports on the cause of her death have been released. She was 98. The passionate activist was on the podium when Dr ...

Gwen Ifill remembers civil rights activist Dr. Dorothy Height, who was a leader in both the African-American and women's rights movements. She died Tuesday at age 98. Dorothy Irene Height always made ...

The Dayton Art Institute is featuring the hat collection of civil rights leader Dorothy Height/ This hat by designer Brenda Waites Bolling, is designed to express “hatitude.” CONTRIBUTED/ZOEY BABCOCK ...

The March on Washington on August 28, 1963, is one of the most transformative moments in civil rights history. History often remembers the speeches of the men involved — Martin Luther King Jr.’s ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. From reader Rochelle Briggs comes this family perspective of Dorothy ...

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Gwen Ifill talks with Dorothy Height, a legend of the civil rights movement and former head of the National Council of Negro Women, about her memoir, "Open Wide the Freedom Gates." Quite often.

RICHMOND, Va. -- Dr. Dorothy Height was born in Richmond in 1912 and lived in the Blackwell community for four years. Although her time in Richmond was brief, city and state officials unveiled a ...

Dignitaries including President Obama paid tribute to late civil rights icon Dorothy Height today at the National Cathedral. It’s one of several services this week honoring Height. Tell Me More brings ...

Height, who continued actively speaking out into her 90s, had been at Howard University Hospital for some time. The hospital said in a statement she died of natural causes. As a teenager, Height ...