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Dorothy Irene Height (March 24, 1912 – April 20, 2010) was an African-American civil rights and women's rights activist. [ 1 ] She focused on the issues of African-American women, including unemployment, illiteracy, and voter awareness. [ 2 ] Height is credited as the first leader in the civil rights movement to recognize inequality for women ...
Image: Dorothy Height (Express Newspapers / Getty Images) Height was an elder of King, and she influenced him as such. She met King when he was 15 years old, according to her memoir, " Open Wide ...
Height. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Spouse (s) James Sterling (1949-1949; annullment) Thomas B. Chambers (1952-1954; divorced) Mike Ragan (1965-1995; his death) Dorothy Ford (April 4, 1922 – October 15, 2010) [ 1] was an American actress and model active from the 1940s through the 1960s.
Dorothy Stratten was born in Grace Maternity Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on February 28, 1960, to Simon and Nelly Hoogstraten, who had emigrated from the Netherlands. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] In 1961, her brother John Arthur was born; her sister Louise followed in May 1968.
National Black Family Reunion. The Black Family Reunion Celebration (also written about as the National Black Family Reunion and, most recently, The Midwest Regional Black Family Reunion Celebration) is a two- to three-day cultural event, held annually the third weekend of August, to "reinforce the historic strengths and traditional values of ...
Height. 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Ursula Buchfellner (born 8 June 1961) is a German model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Peter Weissbrich. Buchfellner also was the Playmate for the December 1977 issue of Playboy's German edition.
Dorothy "Dot" Counts-Scoggins (born March 25, 1942) is an American civil rights pioneer, and one of the first black students admitted to the Harry Harding High School. [ 1 ] After four days of harassment that threatened her safety, her parents withdrew her from the school, but the images of Dorothy being verbally assaulted by her white ...
Dorothy Malone. Dorothy Malone (born Mary Dorothy Maloney; January 29, 1924 – January 19, 2018) was an American actress. Her film career began in 1943, and in her early years, she played small roles, mainly in B-movies, with the exception of a supporting role in The Big Sleep (1946). After a decade, she changed her image, particularly after ...