Height, Walker honored for their King-like spirit
Jan 21, 2016 By Ashley Johnson HEIGHT AWARD—(Left photo) The Spirit of King Award presented to the late Dorothy I. Height was accepted by local NCNW Chapter President Flora Jacskon and...
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10th annual Harambee Breakfast held by NCNW’s Greater Elizabeth Area Section
Article by: KAYLYN KENDALL DINES | 5/14/2015 Alexis Herman never forgot the lessons her grandmother taught her as she was growing up in the segregated South. Margaret “Pitt&rdquo...
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Editorial: Martin Luther King’s lesson of self-respect
On the day we remember Martin Luther King Jr. and his importance to our society, we should reflect on him as not only a man of perseverance and soaring oratory
Learn moreNigeria: Adefuye Honours Six With Martin Luther King Awards
Nigerian Ambassador and Honorary Chair of the 2015 Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Awards ceremony, Prof. Adebowale Adefuye, will today honour six eminent Africans and African-Americans who have...
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Columbus, GA school is first to honor educator, activist Height
BY BEN WRIGHT benw@ledger-enquirer.comAugust 16, 2014 More than four years after educator and civil rights activist Dorothy Irene Height died, the Muscogee County School District officially...
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“Dialogue is action,” civil rights leader Dorothy Height told us, and Register is right to remind us of that. (Photo: The Tennessean ) 11CONNECTTWEETLINKEDIN 4COMMENTEMAILMORE Dorothy...
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Dr. Height’s book, Living With Purpose, gets a new look.
Dr. Height’s book entitled Living with Purpose: an Activist’s Guide to Listening, Learning and Leading has recently been updated with a new cover. The collage of photographs gives the...
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Dr. Height Hat and Scarf featured in Museum Exhibition
A hat and scarf from the Foundation's collection of Dr. Dorothy I. Height artifacts have recently been on display at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, located in...
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