Dorothy Height (left) and Mary McLeod Bethune. After Bethune’s death, Height was named president of NCNW, a position she held until 1997.
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Political Empowerment - National Council of Negro Women
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Political Empowerment - National Council of Negro Women
Civil Rights Tour: Political Empowerment - National Council of Negro Women
Founded in 1935 by Mary McLeod Bethune as a national voice for Black women's organizations, NCNW signed onto the Civil Rights Movement in the early 1960s, under the leadership of Dorothy Height from Mississippi. As a woman, Height was excluded as a…