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100			_aKelly Starling Lyons _96579
245			_aShe Persisted: Dorothy Height
260			_bPhilomel Books _c2023
300			_a60 Pages _bPaperback
440			_aShe Persisted Series
520			_aGrowing up as a Black girl in the 1920s and 1930s, Dorothy Height was denied access to a local swimming pool as well as admission to Barnard College because of her race. But she persisted in pushing for change, and became a seminal figure in both the civil rights and women's rights movements. She went on to be awarded the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom. In this chapter book biography by award-winning author Kelly Starling Lyons, readers learn about the amazing life of Dorothy Height--and how she persisted .
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