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Political Figures Who Made Their Last Farewells in 2010
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyPolitics is many things, including an endless series of introductions and goodbyes. In 2010, death brought the final farewell to political figures whose careers crossed more than six decades. Here are some of them. Click below to scroll through the photo gallery: http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=968344&pid=968343&uts=1293490419 http://www.aolcdn.com/ke/media_gallery/v1/ke_media_gallery_wrapper.swf Political Figures Who Died in 2010 ...
Obama, Michelle Criticize Media and Popular Culture in Graduation Speeches
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyPresident Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama zinged the media and popular culture in separate graduation speeches delivered over the weekend at historically black universities, where both paid tribute to U.S. civil rights icon Dorothy Height, who died April 20 at the age of 98. Obama told students at Hampton University in Virginia that not everything "on blogs, and on cable, on talk radio" would pass a truth meter and Mrs. Obama urged graduates to not be seduced by a culture that celebrates "fleeting reality show fame rather than the hard labors of lasting success." (Read the transcript of ...
Obama Eulogizes Dorothy Height, Civil Rights Leader, as 'Historic' Figure
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThe late civil rights pioneer Dorothy Height loved hats -- big, flamboyant hats -- and she wore them like a crown, President Obama said at her funeral Thursday. Height, 98, died last week after a career in the civil rights movement dating back to the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. One of the few women in a leadership role in the early days of the movement, she lobbied Eleanor Roosevelt and President Truman on civil rights issues. Height served as president of the National Council of Negro Woman for 40 years, until her retirement in 1997. She marched with Martin Luther King Jr., and ...
Dorothy Height, Civil Rights Matriarch Active for Six Decades, Dead at 98
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyDorothy I. Height, called by President Obama the "godmother" of the civil rights movement for her role as the only woman in a top leadership spot in its early days, died Tuesday of natural causes in Washington. She was 98, and her career of activism spanned six decades. Height served as president of the National Council of Negro Women for 40 years, until her retirement in 1997. She lobbied Eleanor Roosevelt and President Dwight D. Eisenhower on behalf of civil rights issues, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Clinton in 1994. In 1963, Height was on the podium with ...
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