Dorothy I. Height (1912–2010)

Author of Open Wide The Freedom Gates: A Memoir

About the Author

Dr. Dorothy Height has more than twenty honorary degrees. In addition to the Presidential Medal of Freedom, she has received the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedom Medal and the Citizens Medal Award, which President Ronald Reagan awarded her in 1989. She continues to serve as chair and president show more emerita of the National Council of Negro Women. She lives in Washington, D.C. show less

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Works by Dorothy I. Height

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Open Wide The Freedom Gates: A Memoir (2003) 168 copies, 1 review

The Black Family Dinner Quilt Cookbook : Health Conscious Recipes & Food Memories (1993) 64 copies

Living with Purpose (2010) 5 copies

Open Wide The Freedom Gates: A Memoir by Dorothy Height (2005-01-26) (1800) 2 copies

Living with Purpose an Activists Guide to Listening, Learning and Leading (2012) 1 copy

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A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2001) — Introduction — 351 copies, 8 reviews

Sisters in the Struggle: African American Women in the Civil Rights-Black Power Movement (2001) — Contributor — 120 copies

Africana Woman : Her Story through Time (2003) — Introduction — 34 copies

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