Delegate Norton Proposes Naming Major D.C. Post Office for Civil Rights Icon Dorothy Height

September 13, 2010 - Posted by Avril Lighty

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, Wade Henderson and others outside the post office at 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE

Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, D. D.C., plans to introduce a bill in the House of Representatives this week that would name the U.S. post office at 2 Massachusetts Avenue NE, next to Union Station, in honor of civil rights icon Dr. Dorothy I. Height, who passed away in April.

Dr. Height was one of the most prominent women among the civil and human rights leadership in the 1960s, and she was a trusted advisor to many leaders, including Eleanor Roosevelt, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Lyndon B. Johnson, and President Barack Obama. She served as chair of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights since 1994.

"She saw it all, and she participated and often led the charge for the change she hoped for America," said Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference. "This is an appropriate tribute for one who has given so much to our city and our nation."