Norton's Bill to Rename Post Office in Honor of Dorothy Height Passes House (09/30/2010)

Norton's Bill to Rename Post Office in Honor of Dorothy Height Passes House

September 30, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) bill, to rename the historic U.S. Post Office at 2 Massachusetts Avenue NE, in honor of the "Godmother of the Civil Rights Movement," Dr. Dorothy I. Height, passed the House early today under suspension of the rules. The longtime president of the National Council of Negro Women, who died earlier this year, has been recognized with virtually every significant national honor. Norton said, "Dorothy was an icon for social justice who lived in the nation's capital and deserves a visible place of honor and distinction. Renaming the post office next to Union Station will remind D.C. and the nation alike of the achievements of one of America's great women." Dorothy Height would be the first African American woman in the nation's capital to have a public building named in her honor.

The bill will now go to the Senate for a vote.