Read about this great civil rights icon here:
https://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2017/pr17_006.htm
President Bill Clinton awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
Here is a question for you, dear readers:
To whom will Trump award the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today kicked off this year’s Black History Month observances by dedicating the Dorothy Height Forever stamp during a ceremony at Howard University.
The 40th stamp in the Black Heritage series honors Height, a tireless activist, who dedicated her life to fighting for racial and gender equality. She became one of the most influential civil and women’s rights leaders of the 20th century.
“The Postal Service is proud to honor civil rights icon Dorothy Height, an American treasure, whose illustrious career spanned almost a century,” said Ronald Stroman, deputy postmaster general and chief government relations officer, who dedicated the stamp.
“The Dorothy Height Forever stamp will serve as a lasting tribute to her life and legacy of seeking equality and justice for all Americans, regardless of ethnicity, gender or race.”
Stroman was joined at the stamp dedication ceremony by U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA); Alexis Herman, president, Dorothy I. Height Education Foundation; Ingrid Saunders Jones, chair, National Council of Negro Women; Naima Randolph, Dorothy Height’s great niece; Wayne A.I. Frederick, president, Howard University; and Bishop Vashti McKenzie of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
The Dorothy Height stamp features artist Thomas Blackshear II’s, portrait of Height. The painting is based on a photograph shot by Lateef Mangum in 2009. Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamp.
In 1963, the Height-led National Council of Negro Women joined the Council for United Civil Rights Leadership. Height was an architect of the August 1963 March on Washington, where she shared the stage with Martin Luther King Jr. It was Height who pushed to include a voice of youth like John Lewis of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and insisted on no time limits for King’s speech.
Gender equality also was important to Height, who fought for the rights of women, particularly women of color. President John F. Kennedy named her to his Commission on the Status of Women, which was chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt. Height attended the 1963 White House ceremony where Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act. In 1971, she helped form the National Women’s Political Caucus.
In 1977, Height officially retired from the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), for which she worked for 40 years. In addition to numerous honorary degrees, Height received the nation’s two highest civilian honors. In 1994, President Bill Clinton awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. A decade later, President George W. Bush presented her with the Congressional Gold Medal. In 2009, she was a guest of Barack Obama when he was sworn in as the nation’s 44th president.
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This is wonderful. Also note:
The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
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The malignant narcissist will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom of the United States to one of his supporters; someone he sees as a true hero.
Tom Metzger (If you Google him, have a barf bag ready)
and/or
Steve Bannon
and/or
Alex Jones of Infowars
Jones has been the center of many controversies, such as the one surrounding his actions and statements about gun control after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
He has accused the United States government of being involved in the Oklahoma City bombing and the September 11 attacks.
Jones was in a “media crossfire” in 2011, which included criticism by Rush Limbaugh, when the news spread that Jared Lee Loughner, the perpetrator of the 2011 Tucson shooting, had been “a fan” of the 9/11 conspiracy film Loose Change of which Jones had been an executive producer.
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton criticized Donald Trump for his ties to Alex Jones.
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I think Trump believes that only HE deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom and he will figure out a way to get it for himself.
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The first person that came to mind if “the Prez” wants to try to “look good” in his own mind ( if only a govt official could be awarded this) was Clarence Thomas…. extremely conservative… never says a word, supposedly adheres strictly to the constitution… was never charged with sexual harassment (don’t forget the Anita Hill days and am sure this would appeal to our top serial groper), whose wife even openly and recently supported the travel ban (oh and she is white)… IS NO THURGOOD MARSHALL… hmmmm could go on… that would be my guess!
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