Black History Month stamp honors “godmother of the civil rights movement” who saw equality of African-Americans and women as indivisible.
By Beth Dalbey (Patch Staff) - February 12, 2017 9:05 pm ET
DETROIT, MI — A U.S. postage stamp honoring civil rights icon Dorothy Height will be unveiled Monday at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit.…
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WEST PALM BEACH, FL —- The 40th inductee in the U.S. Postal Service’s Black Heritage Stamp Series is Dr. Dorothy Height (1912–2010), the tireless activist who dedicated her life to fighting for racial and gender equality.
In South Florida, the U.S. Postal Service is celebrating Black History Month with a stamp…
Special to The Daily Herald | Feb 5, 2017
WELDON — Halifax Community College will host a stamp dedication on Thursday in conjunction with the U.S. Postal Service® as part of Black History Month festivities. The event is free and open to the public and will begin at 11 a.m. in The Centre. A reception…
The civil rights icon is the 40th addition in the "Black Heritage" commemorative Forever Stamp series.
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n some Black History Month news we all can use, celebrated civil rights icon Dorothy Height has been commemorated with a Forever Stamp, NBC News reports.
Height is the 40th addition to the “Black Heritage” series. She is also…
CA
Sacramento
2/11/17
12:00 PM
Bonnie & Sam Pannell Community Center 2450 Meadowview, Sacramento, CA 95832
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Detroit
2/13/17
6:30 PM
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, 315 E. Warren Ave, Detroit MI 48201
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Westchester
2/15/17
10:00 AM
Mount Vernon City Hall, 1 Roosevelt Square N. Mt. Vernon NY 10550
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Tennessee
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Dorothy J. Height Commemorative Forever Stamp Luncheon
February 1, 2017
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Thank you so much for allowing Toyota to share in such a historic celebration. I am Adrienne Trimble, General Manager of Diversity & Inclusion for Toyota Motor North America. I am so happy to be here on such an…
Feb 1, 2017 Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C.—
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who was scheduled to speak at a United States Postal Service ceremony today dedicating a Dorothy Height Forever stamp, said that the stamp was an honor due to the most influential female leader of the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement. Urgent business in the…
by: Hamil R. Harris Special to the AFRO / Photo by Rob Roberts / January 26, 2017
As she stood amongst hundreds of thousands of women, men and children who came to Washington D.C. Jan 21 to advocate for women’s rights, former D.C. First Lady Cora Masters Barry reflected on the words of a local female icon…
The 40th stamp in the Black Heritage series honors the beloved civil and women’s rights activist.
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Truth—we may have to dial back the Public Enemy lyrics from “Fight The Power”: “ Most of my heroes don’t appear on no…
The Civil and Women's Right Activist will be honored in 2017
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Follow us: @EbonyMag on Twitter | EbonyMag on Facebook Dorothy Height spent her life fighting for racial and gender equality. But when you think of the work of leaders such as Shirley Chisholm, Amelia Boynton Robinson and Anna Julia Cooper, Height is…