A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can’t take the same things for granted.” ~Dorothy Height

I just wanted to draw some attention to the passing of Dorothy Height, women’s, African American rights leader and chairwoman of the National Council of Negro Women. She died on Tuesday at 98 years old. I didn’t want for it to be the case that Dorothy Height would get the Farrah Fawcett treatment when she died the same day as Michael Jackson. She died the same day as Hip Hop legend Guru, born Keith Elam, of Gang Starr.

Her social activism lasted 80 years and while we find time to revere male heroes of the civil rights movement every year we neglect the heroines.

The civil rights movement COULD NOT have been possible without women. Ms. Height worked right alongside all the famous male civil rights heroes as well as working for women’s rights.

Visit nytimes.com to read Dorothy Height, Largely Unsung Giant of the Civil Rights Era, Dies at 98

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