"We had people of all backgrounds coming together……" — Dorothy Height
"We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility."
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Dorothy Height
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23 Quotes by Dorothy Height
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We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we…
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My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that…
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We are not a problem people, we are people with problems.
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I am the product of many whose lives have touched mine, from the famous, distinguished, and powerful to the little…
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We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.
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If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time.
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Civil rights are civil rights. There are no persons who are not entitled to their civil rights. We have to…
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If the times aren't ripe, you have to ripen the times.
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We have to realize we are building a movement.
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I think of my life as a unity of circles. Some are concentric, others overlap, but they all connect in…
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I want to be remembered as one who tried.
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The Black family of the future will foster our liberation, enhance our self-esteem, and shape our ideas and goals.
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