Dorothy Height

Let's implement these laws that allows for fair housing, um, you know, neighborhoods, that sort of thing, but it left out voting, and that was intentional.

So when you had the likes of Dr. Martin Luther King and Dorothy Height and all these other giants whose, whose, um, shoulders we stand on, basically called President Lyndon B. Johnson at that time to the carpet, Andrew Johnson, who I, who I was talking about earlier in 1865, call Andrew Johnson to the carpet.

Sorry, Lyndon B. Johnson to the carpet-

Mm-hmm

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The New York Height are named for Dorothy Height, who was-

No.

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I know.

I, I read it as basketball the first time.

Dorothy Height was a, a very prominent woman in the civil rights movement

movementThat's great

Joanne Robinson was there.

Dorothy Height was there.

Bayard Rustin was there.

Medgar Evers was there.

Hmm.

Something to think about.

Dorothy Height brought the National Council of Negro Women into the wider struggle as well.

Gloria Richardson led the Cambridge Movement in Maryland.

Neil Armstrong, the astronaut.

Dorothy Height was a women's and civil rights leader, I guess you would say.

Coretta Scott King, of course, married to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Rosa Parks, also, when she passed away.

Our flags were lowered.

It is important to us.

Uh, I'm a leader of the organization started by Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune and our long-serving leader, Dorothy Height was one of the architects behind the march's plan.

And many don't realize this, but only one woman had a chance to use her voice that day and that was Mahalia Jackson, and Dr.

Height lent her microphone to a young John Lewis.

Citizenship cannot be partial, and democracy cannot belong only to some.

50 years later, Delta was here again.

Our 10th national president, Dorothy Height- Was integral in the planning of the 1963 march.

And today, Delta women register voters, educate communities, mobilize citizens, and protect access to the ballot.

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What did Dorothy Height tell me? The late Dr.

Dorothy Height, "John, I like you because you're a dreamer with a shovel in your hand." Because the greatest asset you own may not be your house, although I want you to own a house.

It may not be a stock portfolio, although I want you to have a stock portfolio.

It may n-not be your bank account.