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VIDEO: The story of one woman who shaped Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision
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The story of one woman who shaped Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision

Dorothy Irene Height was an unmistakable instrumental force in the battle for civil rights, leading the National Council of Negro women for over four decades.

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