The Obama's Attend Civil Rights Leader Dorothy Height's Funeral...

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attended the funeral of Dorothy Height (POTUS gave the eulogy), a historic figure in the US civil rights movement, at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2010. Height, who led the National Council for Negro Women for four decades, and was present at the key battles for racial equality since the 1930s, died at age 98 after a lifetime devoted to the fight for equality.



President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., and others, bow their heads as they attend funeral services for Dorothy Height, Thursday, April 29, 2010, at the National Cathedral in Washington.
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