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Dorothy Irene Height (March 24, 1912 – April 20, 2010) was an African-American civil rights and women's rights activist. [1] She focused on the issues of African-American women, including unemployment , illiteracy , and voter awareness. [ 2 ]
After her husband took a job at CBS, she took up social activism, first at the Citizens Committee for Children and then the National Council of Negro Women. [4] In 1964, she co-founded Wednesdays in Mississippi with Dorothy Height. She was an honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Whitney Moore Young Jr. (July 31, 1921 – March 11, 1971) was an American civil rights leader. Trained as a social worker, he spent most of his career working to end employment discrimination in the United States and turning the National Urban League from a relatively passive civil rights organization into one that aggressively worked for equitable access to socioeconomic opportunity for the ...
Here's everything you need to know about Oppenheimer's two children and what has happened in the 56 years since their father's death. J. Robert Oppenheimer's wife, Katherine, daughter Kit and son ...
Annette O'Toole (born Annette Toole; April 1, 1952) [1] is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She is known for portraying Lisa Bridges in the television series Nash Bridges, adult Beverly Marsh in the 1990 television mini-series adaptation of Stephen King's epic horror novel It, Lana Lang in Superman III, Kathy in the romantic-comedy film Cross My Heart, and Martha Kent (the adoptive ...
Dorothy Height (1912–2010), African-American civil rights and women's rights activist; Dorothy Kuya (1932–2013), British communist and anti-racist activist; Dorothy Bell Lawrence (1911–1973), New York assemblywoman; Dorothy Lawson (1580–1632), English recusant and Catholic priest harbourer; Dorothy Mabiletsa, South African politician
Following Shannen Doherty’s tragic passing, new details about her life have come to light. The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum died on Saturday, July 13, at the age of 53, following a battle with ...
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