[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 56 (Tuesday, April 20, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S2433]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       PASSING OF DOROTHY HEIGHT

  Mr. REID. Madam President, America today lost a civil rights icon. 
Dorothy Height died early this morning. She helped transform our 
country as considerably and as courageously as anyone who dedicated his 
or her life to ensure our Nation fulfills its promise of equality.
  For decades, Mrs. Height fought tirelessly for the rights of women 
and African Americans and helped lead a national dialog about gender 
and racial equality. She was a trusted counsel of every White House 
since Franklin Roosevelt's administration. Generation after generation 
relied on her vision and tenacity and our country is better because so 
many sought her help.
  Mrs. Height's legacy is in the fairer, more equal America in which 
she died and we live today. She knew her work was not done and she 
never stopped pushing her country forward. Until the last days of her 
98 years, Dorothy Height was still fighting for equality and 
opportunity.
  The thoughts of the entire Senate today are with Dorothy Height's 
friends, who are too numerous to mention, and her loved ones--and her 
loved ones are more than just her family.

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