Dr. Dorothy Irene Height (passing)

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Owings Mills MD - April 20, 2010--Shepreneur Magazine mourns the passing of Dr. Dorothy Irene Height, the leading female voice of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, and long-time President of the National Council of Negro Women. She was 98.







Dr. Height also served as the 10th national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., 1947 to 1956. Dr. Dorothy Height has been an inspiration to women and men around the world. She will truly be missed.







A winner of the Congressional Gold Medal, Height had the ear of U.S. presidents from Dwight Eisenhower to Barack Obama.







"We are not a problem people; we are a people with problems. We have historic strengths; we have survived because of family." - Dorothy Height



In 1986, Dorothy Height became convinced that negative images of black family life were a significant problem, and to address this concern, she founded the annual Black Family Reunion, a festival that originated in Washington, D.C.



Dr. Height died Tuesday as a result of natural causes at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Shepreneur Magazine offers condolences to Dr. Height's family and friends and to our entire black community on the loss of this great advocate.



Shepreneur Staff

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Thanksgiving Wishes from President Obama & Family

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mechelle --

Tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, Americans across the country will sit down together, count our blessings, and give thanks for our families and our loved ones.

American families reflect the diversity of this great nation. No two are exactly alike, but there is a common thread they each share.



Our families are bound together through times of joy and times of grief. They shape us, support us, instill the values that guide us as individuals, and make possible all that we achieve.



So tomorrow, I'll be giving thanks for my family -- for all the wisdom, support, and love they have brought into my life.

But tomorrow is also a day to remember those who cannot sit down to break bread with those they love.



The soldier overseas holding down a lonely post and missing his kids. The sailor who left her home to serve a higher calling. The folks who must spend tomorrow apart from their families to work a second job, so they can keep food on the table or send a child to school.



We are grateful beyond words for the service and hard work of so many Americans who make our country great through their sacrifice. And this year, we know that far too many face a daily struggle that puts the comfort and security we all deserve painfully out of reach.



So when we gather tomorrow, let us also use the occasion to renew our commitment to building a more peaceful and prosperous future that every American family can enjoy.



It seems like a lifetime ago that a crowd met on a frigid February morning in Springfield, Illinois to set out on an improbable course to change our nation.



In the years since, Michelle and I have been blessed with the support and friendship of the millions of Americans who have come together to form this ongoing movement for change.



You have been there through victories and setbacks. You have given of yourselves beyond measure. You have enabled all that we have accomplished -- and you have had the courage to dream yet bigger dreams for what we can still achieve.



So in this season of thanks giving, I want to take a moment to express my gratitude to you, and my anticipation of the brighter future we are creating together.



With warmest wishes for a happy holiday season from my family to yours,



President Barack Obama

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