Godmother of the Civil Rights Movement, Dorothy I. Height, Patricia A. Montgomery

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Patricia A. Montgomery, artist
born 1952
Godmother of the Civil Rights Movement, Dorothy I. Height, circa 2015
Portfolio/Series title: Tribute to Civil Rights Movement Heroines
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: wool fabric; textile thread painting; oil pastel drawing; digital images; buttons; beads; cotton fabric
Credit line: Patricia A. Montgomery, Artist
Accession number: EL2017.024
Not on display
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Narratives of the Soul

Dorothy I. Height was a civil rights and women’s rights activist who served as president of the National Council of Negro Women for 40 years. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004. In a statement released after Height’s death in 2010, President Obama said that Height was “the godmother of the Civil Rights Movement and a hero to so many Americans.”

Exhibitions

Narratives of the Soul
Susan Earle, curator
2017