[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 24, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E473]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


          HONORING DR. DOROTHY L. HEIGHT ON HER 98TH BIRTHDAY

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 24, 2010

  Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ask the House of 
Representatives to join me in honoring Dr. Dorothy L. Height, the 
President Emerita of the National Council of Negro Women, on her 98th 
birthday.
  Dr. Dorothy L. Height has spent her extremely productive lifetime in 
service of African Americans, especially African-American women, and 
the people of the United States of America. She has been a visionary, 
championing every great effort for equality and racial justice that our 
nation has achieved, from equal pay and voting rights for women to the 
integration of the nation's governmental institutions and revision of 
societal norms.
  Known as the ``Godmother of the Civil Rights Movement,'' Dr. Height 
has also organized the annual Black Family Reunion, a national 
celebration that she leads to celebrate African-American family values 
on the National Mall and throughout the nation.
  Dr. Height has been recognized with virtually every significant 
national honor, from the NAACP Spingarn Medal, to the Presidential 
Medal of Freedom Award and the Congressional Gold Medal.
  It is especially appropriate that Dr. Height's birthday occurs in 
March, during Women's History Month. Her contributions, not only to our 
country, but to women of every color and background, make Women's 
History Month a timely occasion to celebrate Dr. Height's life's work 
as President Emerita of the National Council of Negro Women. Madam 
Speaker, I ask the House of Representatives to join me in celebrating 
the lifetime contributions of Dr. Dorothy L. Height on her 98th 
birthday.

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