Prince George's leaders remember influential civil rights figure

Even though Dorothy Height was a national figure, her dedication and passion inspired many people in Prince George's County, several of whom recalled her contributions to the historic civil rights movement after her death Tuesday at the age of 98.

Height was born in Richmond, Va., in 1912 and moved to Rankin, Pa., as a young girl. She was the leading woman in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and sat a few feet away from Martin Luther King Jr. as he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C.