Awards and Honors
- Presidential Citizens Medal (1989)
- Spingarn Medal from the NAACP (1993)
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedom From Want Award (1993)
- inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame (1993)
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (1994)
- 7th Annual Heinz Award Chairman's Medal (2001)
- Listed on Molefi Kete Asante's list of 100 Greatest African Americans (2002)
- Congressional Gold Medal by President George W. Bush on behalf of the United States Congress (Approved, 2003) (Awarded, 2004)
- 2009 Foremothers Lifetime Achievement Award from the NRC for Women & Families
- Upon her death, President Barack Obama ordered flags to be flown at half-mast on April 29, 2010 in her honor.
- On May 21, 2010, a Call Box was dedicated to Dr. Height. The Call Box is located on 7th Street, SW, in front of the last building in which Height lived.
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