Manchester in Richmond, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Dorothy Height
(1912-2010)
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, March 29, 2019
1. Dorothy Height Marker
Inscription.
Dorothy Height. Dorothy I. Height, civil rights leader, was born in Richmond and lived in this neighborhood until 1916. For more than 50 years she worked for racial justice and gender equality. Serving on the national staff of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) from 1944 to 1977, Height fostered interracial dialogue and moved the YWCA toward full integration. As president of the National Council of Negro Women for 40 years, she promoted economic development and voting rights and advised United States presidents. She worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and was a chief organizer of the March on Washington in 1963. Height was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994.
Dorothy I. Height, civil rights leader, was born in Richmond and lived in this neighborhood until 1916. For more than 50 years she worked for racial justice and gender equality. Serving on the national staff of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) from 1944 to 1977, Height fostered interracial dialogue and moved the YWCA toward full integration. As president of the National Council of Negro Women for 40 years, she promoted economic development and voting rights and advised United States presidents. She worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and was a chief organizer of the March on Washington in 1963. Height was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994.
Erected 2019 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number SA 87.)
Location. 37° 31.182′ N, 77° 26.753′ W. Marker is in Richmond, Virginia. It is in Manchester. Marker is at the intersection of Hull Street (U.S. 360) and East 14th Street, on the left when traveling west on Hull Street
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. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1400 Hull Street, Richmond VA 23224, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photo courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, November 12, 1960
3. Eleanor Roosevelt receiving the Mary McLeod Bethune Human Rights Award from Dorothy Height...
Full title is: Eleanor Roosevelt receiving the Mary McLeod Bethune Human Rights Award from Dorothy Height, president of the National Council of Negro Women at the Council's Silver Anniversary Dinner in New York, November 12, 1960
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 29, 2019, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 434 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on March 29, 2019, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. 3. submitted on April 15, 2019.