Born in 1912, Height graduated from Columbia University and began her civil rights activist career by 25. She was president of the National Council of Negro Women for 40 years, and through it set up several programs to help out African Americans in the South. She famously viewed gender equality and racial equality as issues to be solved together. Height won several orator prizes and facilitated dialogue between white and black women to bring us together. She even helped organize the March on Washington. In 2004, Height was granted the Congressional Gold Medal and passed away in 2010.
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