http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/20/civil-rights-activist-dorothy-height-dies/
Growing up, she and Mary Mcleod Bethune and Ida Bell Wells Barnett were my heroes.
Sylvia
She Has Laid Down Her Sword : (
by snowbird 13 Replies latest social current
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compound complex
Dear Syl :
For her, it wasn't about the many years of her life, but what she did with them."
Thanks for sharing. Since my change of world/heaven viewpoint, Rosa Parks has become my hero.
CoCo
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snowbird
Thanks, Coco!
For some reason, Rosa Parks wasn't too high on my list.
I suppose it was that Truism about a prophet being without honor in his/her home territory?
Or, it could have simply been that I'd never experienced the luxury of riding on a bus!
LOL.
Sylvia
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Guest with Questions
Hi Sylvia,
Thought this might interest you. It's still hard to fathom that something like this could happen to any person simply because of their colour. We still have a way to go but we have come a long way.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/segregation-in-nova-scotia/article1538952/
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snowbird
Thanks for that, Guest.
I'm printing it off to give to my daughters and g'kids.
Sylvia
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SixofNine
meh, I doubt she's even made it into a Texas History textbook ;)
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snowbird
That's ok, Two-Third.
She's definitely in my history book!
Sylvia
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snowbird
Finally made it to MSN Home Page.
http://www.theroot.com/views/mourning-lioness-civil-rights?GT1=38002
Sylvia
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straightshooter
Thanks for sharing.
Martin Luther King Jr said, "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Dorothy Height will definitely be missed.