Civil rights leader Dorothy Height died today at the age of 98. Height was a key figure in the struggles for school desegregation, voting rights, employment and public accommodations. She served as president of the National Council for Negro Women for 40 years.
President Obama called her a hero and the "godmother" of the movement, noting she "served as the only woman at the highest level of the civil rights movement -- witnessing every march and milestone along the way."
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