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Posted on April 21, 2010 by John

Dorothy Height, Largely Unsung Giant of the Civil Rights Era, Dies 98

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Dorothy Height, a leader of the African-American and women’s rights movements who was considered both the grande dame of the civil rights era and its unsung heroine, died on Tuesday in Washington. She was 98.

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