Description:
Dorothy Height has been a leading force in the civil rights movement for more than 60
years. As president emeritus of the National Council of Negro Women, an organization
she has served with since the 1930s, Ms Height has also been honored with the
Presidential Medal of Freedom (1994) and the Congressional Gold Medal (2004). A
promoter of black family life, she initiated the Black Family Reunion Celebration (1986),
now held every September on the National Mall. At the 2004 National Book Festival,
Dorothy shares some of her most thrilling and most dangerous experiences as a civil
rights worker; and her memoir ‘Open Wide the Freedom Gates’ (Public Affairs, 2003).
Speaker(s):
Dr. Dorothy Height, Civil Rights leader; Chair and President Emeritus, National Council of Negro Women
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