Open wide the freedom gates
Subtitle: a memoir
By: Dorothy Height ; with a foreword by Maya Angelou.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Height, Dorothy I. 1912-; National Council of Negro Women -- Biography; African American women civil rights workers -- Biography; Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1964-1975; African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-
Genres: Biography.
Description: [The author] marched at major civil rights rallies, sat through tense White House meetings, and witnessed every significant victory in the struggle for racial equality. Yet as the sole woman among powerful, charismatic men, and as someone whose personal ambition was always secondary to her passion for her cause, she has received little mainstream recognition ... In [this] memoir, [she] reflects on a life of service and leadership.--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.