(Richmond, VA) — Today is “Dorothy Irene Height Day” in Virginia. Governor Bob McDonnell has issued a proclamation saying the state will celebrate the life of the one-time preeminent female civil rights leader, who was a Virginia native. Height was born 99 years ago today. She died in April of last year at the age of 98.
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