At the United States Congress,
Cannon House Office Building,
Independence Avenue and 1st Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
In the
Cannon Caucus Room
on May 21, 2010: 1:00pm to 5:00pm
We invite your participation at the
Continental African Union Community Presents:
The Founding Patriarchs and Matriarchs of African Liberation:
The Legacies and Challenges, and Call to Our Generation.
Cosponsored by TransAfrica Forum and Africa Action.
Facility: By Congressional Sponsorship.
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And Tribute Luncheon to Dr. Dorothy Height:
The Height of Legacy.
Featuring Miss Guinea 2009-10
Fatoumata Soumah “Fifi”
Dr. Dorothy Irene Height.
Founding Matriarch of U.S. Civil Rights Movement.
March 24, 1912 to April 20, 2010.
The Godmother of Civil Rights paved ways for our civil liberties, ushered equity for women and stood fearless for a better Union.
President Obama, left, wipes away tears. He delivered a heartfelt eulogy at the Dorothy Height funeral on April 29. The executive flag order aren’t the first time Dorothy Height’s civil rights devotion has been honored by the President of the United States. Bill Clinton awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994. George W. Bush awarded Height Congressional Gold Medal in 2004.The Associated Press reports that when Bush awarded her the medal, he said that Height had met with every U.S. president since Eisenhower, and “she’s told every president what she thinks since Dwight David Eisenhower.” Read more
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