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When Martin Luther King gave his "I Have a Dream Speech," Dorothy Height was on stage with him. Throughout her life, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Dorothy Height has been a leader in the fight for civil and human rights. In her new memoir, she takes us behind the scenes in the battle for equality.
Dorothy Height, author and activist for civil and human rights
In a new book, author Ross King tells the story of the power, politics and personal rivalries behind Michelangelo's magnificent Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes, which, King reveals, the artist would have preferred never to undertake.
Ross King, author
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