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Civil Rights Pioneer Dorothy Height Passes Away at Age 98

Dorothy Height, a leading civil rights pioneer of the 1960s, died Tuesday at age 98. No cause of death was given. Height, who had been chair and president emerita of the National Council of Negro Women, worked in the 1960s alongside civil rights pioneers, including the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., future U.S. Rep. John Lewis and A. Philip Randolph. She was on the platform when King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech at the 1963 March on Washington. Click here to read more.
 
 



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