Topic: National Council of Negro Women
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Passing of Dorothy Height: What future for civil rights movement?
Internecine fighting and the passing of icons like Dorothy Height and Benjamin Hooks indicate a civil rights movement unmoored from its past. Its search for relevance is coming to a head.
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Dorothy Height: civil rights activist and author
Dorothy Height chronicled her lifelong fight against racism and sexism in her 2003 memoir "Open Wide the Freedom Gates."
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As Obama meets black leaders, four facts on race and the economy
President Obama met with national African-American leaders Wednesday over economic concerns in the community. Here are four indicators of how African-Americans are faring in the recession.
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