Dorothy Height was known as the “Godmother of American civil rights” and once marched with Martin Luther King Jr.
Dorothy passed away in 2010 at the age of 98. She had continued to campaign long into her nineties.
The Sandy Hook school massacreIn 2012, twenty children, aged between six and seven years old, and six teachers were shot d3ad by Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook elementary school.
“I can only hope it helps for you to know that you’re not alone in your grief,” shared an emotional Obama in a speech following the attack.
“We have wept with you, we’ve pulled our children tight.”