[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 14, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1592]
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  ON THE INTRODUCTION OF THE DOROTHY I. HEIGHT POST OFFICE NAMING BILL

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 14, 2010

  Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to introduce a bill that 
would designate the facility of the United Slates Postal Service 
located at 2 Massachusetts Avenue NE in Washington, DC, as the 
``Dorothy I. Height Post Office Building.''
  Dr. Dorothy I. Height, the longtime president of the National Council 
of Negro Women who died this year, was never a public official, but she 
spent her life in service of African Americans, especially African 
American women, and in service of the people of the United States of 
America. So strong was the power of her example that she was a role 
model to generations of women beyond her reach. Dorothy Height was a 
visionary and a civil rights leader known as the ``Godmother of the 
Civil Rights Movement.'' She championed countless efforts for basic 
justice in our country, particularly equal rights for women and people 
of color, from equal pay to the integration of the nation's 
governmental institutions and its societal norms.
  Dr. Height was recognized with virtually every significant national 
honor, from the NAACP Spingarn Medal to the Presidential Medal of 
Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal.
  Dorothy Height was also a proponent of strong family life, and 
organized the annual Black Family Reunion, which is held each year. The 
Black Family Reunion for this region was held on Saturday, September 
11, 2010, on the National Mall and is an African-American celebration 
held throughout the nation during the summer.
  Please join me in honoring Dr. Height's immensely productive and 
impactful life by designating the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2 Massachusetts Avenue NE in Washington, DC, as the 
``Dorothy I. Height Post Office Building.''
  I urge my colleagues to support this bill.

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