This morning, civil-rights leader Dorothy Height died at the age of 98 in Washington, D.C. For 40 years, she served as president of the National Council for Negro Women. Here, she is pictured attending the 33rd Annual Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award Dinner.
(Flickr/The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights)
Alexandra Gutierrez is a reporter based in the Aleutian Islands. She is also former associate web editor of The American Prospect. More by Alexandra Gutierrez
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