Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I would like to thank Chairman Towns for moving my bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service…”

“I would like to thank Chairman Towns for moving my bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 21 Massachusetts Avenue, NE in Washington, D.C., as the "Dorothy I. Height Post Office" through committee, and Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer for bringing it to the House floor. Dr. Dorothy I. Height, the longtime president of the National Council of Negro Women who died this year, was never a public official, but she spent her life in service of African Americans, especially African American women, and in service of the people of the United States of America. So strong was the power of her example that she was a role model to generations of women beyond her reach. Dorothy Height was a visionary and a civil rights leader known as the "Godmother of the Civil Rights Movement." She championed countless efforts for basic justice in our country, particularly equal rights for women and people of color, from equal pay to the integration of the nation's governmental institutions and its societal norms. Dr. Height was recognized with virtually every significant national honor, from the NAACP Spingarn Medal to the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Dorothy Height was also a proponent of strong family life, and organized the annual Black Family Reunion, which is held yearly.”