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Dorothy Hamm was born on 1919 in Caroline County, Virginia, is an activist. Discover Dorothy Hamm's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?
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educator, activist |
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85 years old |
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1919 |
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1919 |
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Caroline County, Virginia, U.S. |
Date of death |
(2004-05-14) Richmond, Virginia |
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Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
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United States |
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Dorothy Hamm Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dorothy Hamm Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Dorothy Hamm worth at the age of 85 years old? Dorothy Hamm’s income source is mostly from being a successful activist. She is from United States. We have estimated
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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In 2018 the Virginia Capitol Foundation announced that Hamm's name would be on the Virginia Women's Monument's glass Wall of Honor.
A resolution passed by the Virginia House of Delegates in 2002 commended her, highlighting the historic nature of her accomplishments, and noted that she "was also a plaintiff in the cases that eliminated the pupil placement form, desegregated all athletics in the Arlington public schools, desegregated theaters in Arlington, and eliminated the poll tax."
"Integration of Arlington County Schools: My Story." Center for Local History, Arlington, Virginia, 2002.
Hamm was an officer of elections in Arlington County for more than 27 years. She served as a delegate to Arlington County and state conventions of the Democratic Party in 1964. She was later appointed assistant registrar and a chief election officer in the Woodlawn precinct in Arlington. She worked with the Congress of Racial Equality as they organized in Arlington, and participated in the 1968 Poor People's March on Washington.
Hamm led the establishment of a Head Start program in Arlington in the mid-1960s and taught there for several years. She was also a leader in three churches she attended over the years, including Wright's Chapel United Methodist Church, where she served as secretary, trustee and in the drama group. She received the first Arlington County Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service in 1982 and a separate award from the Young Arlington Democrats for "Pioneering Civil Rights in Arlington."
Hamm led efforts to desegregate schools in Virginia, to improve fairness in elections, and for equal access to jobs, housing, restaurants, theatres, and hospital rooms. She was a plaintiff in five landmark court cases affecting civil rights, including the 1956 decision that ended school segregation in Arlington County, Virginia, adjacent to Washington DC, the national capital. Her play, "Our Heritage: Slavery to Freedom, 1776–1976," was designated an official bicentennial event by Arlington County. Her documentary, "Our Struggle for Equality–25 Years Ago," is televised annually during Black History Month. In 2018 the Dorothy Hamm Middle School in Arlington, Virginia, was named in her honour.
Dorothy Hamm (1919-2004) was a leading figure in the civil rights movement in the Commonwealth of Virginia, an author, teacher, and elections officer.
Hamm was born in 1919 in Caroline County, Virginia. She attended Miner Teachers College. In 1942 she married Edward Leslie Hamm, Sr. with whom she had three children.