Dorothy Height
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Dorothy Irene Height was an African-American civil rights and women's rights activist. She focused on the issues of Foundational Black American women, including unemployment, illiteracy, and voter awa
Height in 2008
Height (pictured right) with Eleanor Roosevelt, 1960
Dorothy Height photographed by Lynn Gilbert
Height with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 2009
New York University
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New York University is a private research university in New York City, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a non-denominat
Dorothy Height
…in 1929, but was denied entrance because the school had an unwritten policy of admitting only two black students per year. She enrolled instead at New York University, earning an undergraduate degree in 1932 and a master's degree in educational psychology the following year. She pursued further postgraduate work at…
Albert Gallatin (1761–1849) by Gilbert Stuart
NYU building in Washington Square, 1850
The University Heights campus, now home to Bronx Community College
Washington Square Park, with its gateway arch, is surrounded largely by NYU buildings and plays an integral role in campus life.