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Times LIVE
April 1, 2018
Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. (partially hidden), president of the National Council of Negro Women, Dorothy Height, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People, Roy Wilkins, attorney James Scheuer, president of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young, Jr.
Lexington Herald Leader
March 31, 2018
Social work has a rich and storied history. The foundational impact of Jane Adams' “Hull House,” and Mary Richmond's “Charity Organization Societies” has reverberated through the decades. The pioneering legacies of social workers like Dorothy Height and Kentucky native Whitney Young Jr. continue toÃâà...
CBS Cleveland
March 24, 2018
U.S. Postal Service Unveils Mister Rogers Postage StampIt's a beautiful day to honor Mister Rogers with a postage stamp. Civil Rights Pioneer Dorothy Height Celebrated At Rankin Promise SchoolA celebration of life was held Friday for civil rights pioneer Dorothy Height, a graduate of Rankin High School; KDKA's AmyÃâà...
Rolling Out
March 24, 2018
I would like to thank Dorothy Height for her remarkable contributions to society. She was a leader in addressing the rights of both women and African Americans as the president of the National Council of Negro Women. She was also a highly regarded member of my sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
MSR News Online
March 24, 2018
The precious egg is the history of our leadership, the women like Mary McLeod Bethune and Dorothy Height and Sadie Alexander and Phyllis Wallace. Even while looking backward, though, the Sankofa bird is moving forward, just like Tamika Mallory, LaDavia Drane, Amanda Brown Lierman, and so manyÃâà...
CBS Cleveland
March 24, 2018
News. Sponsored By. Reporter Update: Civil Rights Pioneer Dorothy Height Celebrated At Rankin H.S.. A celebration of life was held Friday for civil rights pioneer Dorothy Height, a graduate of Rankin High School; KDKA's Amy Wadas reports. Categories: News Local News KDKATVÃâà...
CBS Pittsburgh / KDKA
March 24, 2018
RANKIN (KDKA) — A celebration of life was held Friday for civil rights pioneer Dorothy Height, a graduate of Rankin High School. Known for her fancy hats and wearing the color purple, it was the third annual Dorothy Heights celebration held at Rankin Promise School. Kids from grades K through 12 in theÃâà...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
March 19, 2018
The plan involves rezoning around 140 students from Dorothy Height Elementary School to St.Mary's Elementary School and rezoning about 100 students from North Columbus Elementary School to Double Churches Elementary School. Approximately 130 Carver High School students would be rezonedÃâà...
The Courier-Journal
March 18, 2018
The pioneering legacies of social workers like Dorothy Height and Kentucky native Whitney Young, Jr. continue to positively shape people's lives. These early influences engendered a profession committed to ethical standards and competent practice, with a vision of a just world for all persons. Today, asÃâà...
Niagara Gazette
March 17, 2018
Thanks to social workers such as social reformer Jane Addams, former labor secretary Frances Perkins and civil rights leaders Dorothy Height and Whitney Young, the nation improved voting rights, extended civil rights to African Americans and women, and instituted unemployment insurance, a minimumÃâà...
CNN
March 17, 2018
(CNN) We've made it to Friday, but sadly, this week is ending on a tragic note. Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get "5 Things You Need to Know Today" delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.)Ãâà...
The Philadelphia Tribune
March 17, 2018
The precious egg is the history of our leadership, the women like Mary McLeod Bethune and Dorothy Height and Sadie Alexander and Phyllis Wallace. Even while looking backward, though, the Sankofa bird is moving forward, just like Tamika Mallory, LaDavia Drane, Amanda Brown Lierman, and so manyÃâà...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
March 11, 2018
For principal at Dorothy Height Elementary, Lewis is nominating Lamont Sheffield who has served as principal at Baker Middle School since 2015. He is a ... Parts of the plan includes rezoning approximately 140 students from Dorothy Height Elementary School to St. Mary's Elementary School and rezoningÃâà...
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
March 6, 2018
Editor's Note: Diverse: Issues In Higher Education has announced the three distinguished 2018 recipients of the Dr. John Hope Franklin Award. Dr. Darlene Clark Hine is the first to be profiled in a series that runs Wednesday through Friday. As a young professor at Purdue University in the early 1970s, Dr.
Chicago Defender
February 22, 2018
Dr. and Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dorothy Height, Mayor Harold Washington and President Barack Obama, to name a few. For all of her accomplishments and accolades, what I find most intriguing about her life is her intention. Her walk on earth was guided by intention to make the world a better place forÃâà...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
December 31, 1999
Along with the three new principals the Muscogee County School Board unanimously approved Monday night, notice of a principal being transferred is listed in the agenda's personnel report. Superintendent David Lewis has selected Dorothy Height Elementary School principal Eddie Lindsey III to be theÃâà...
SCNow
December 31, 1999
We salute Dorothy Height! Then there are the women who have impacted Florence and the Pee Dee area. I can name so many, but I don't want to insult anyone by not mentioning all of their names. I will say this: To all of the women who give of their time and talents to improve our communities and cities,Ãâà...
The Telegraph
December 31, 1999
I've often wondered under what circumstance did renowned civil and women's rights activist, Dorothy Height dawned her first hat. Rarely seen in public without her head adorned, Height embodied the notion of multiple hats for multiple roles. She first dawned the crown of survivor – not expected to live toÃâà...
Afro American
December 31, 1999
Because of financial mismanagement, DCPS assumed control of Community Academy in 2015 and renamed it Dorothy Height Elementary School. Despite their intervention to help the institution, there are certain organizations and people who are concerned about DCPS stepping in to help the all-girlsÃâà...
