Victoria Brownworth

Dorothy Height died today. She was 98.
Height’s name is not well-known outside civil rights circles, but she was one of the movers and shakers of the black civil rights movement–a movement that many still think of as all male–plus the footnotes of Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King. But Height was one of the “Big Six”–the [...]

Today is supposed to be a day of service in tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. Even in a recession, the corporate sector is respectful: there are no MLK sales going on. Throughout the nation people are doing work in their communities in honor of Dr. King, who gave his life in an effort to change this [...]