Imagine showing up for your first day of college, only to be told by administrators that you couldn't enroll. The reason? The college had already allowed two people of your same race in, and that was their maximum.
Such is the story of Dorothy Irene Height, a civil rights hero who died today at 98. She was an inspiration to every equal rights activist, not so much for her agitation (though that was certainly there), but for her ability to facilitate conversations that would eventually change hearts and minds. Call her the patron saint of collaboration.
Or just call her a hero.
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