Dorothy Height honored in D.C.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: MSNBC

WASHINGTON - Civil rights icon Dorothy Height lived a righteous life that changed the country for the better, President Barack Obama said Thursday during a funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral.

Height led the National Council of Negro Women for decades and marched with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. She died last week at age 98.

Obama praised Height for contributing to civil rights advances, sometimes at personal risk. He said she "deserves a place" in our history books and America's memory.

Obama spoke of the environment in which Height was raised, where lynching was still commonplace and many black people were denied opportunity.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36848162/ns/us_news-life/

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Guests listen to President Barack Obama as he speaks during funeral services Thursday for Dorothy Height at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

[Captain Hilts]

1. Perhaps, now, women of the civil rights movement will get some attention.

Naaw.

How many kids you know of named 'Martin' or 'Malcolm'?

How many named 'Rosa', 'Coretta', 'Mary McLeod' 'Shirley' or 'Dorothy'?

[MadMaddie]

3. Amen! Miss. Dorothy RIP!

[BumRushDaShow]

2. K&R

And rest in peace Ms. Height.

All the flags at Federal Gov't buildings nationwide are at half-staff in your honor for your service.

[Archae]

4. During Obama's speech, what does Faux "news" show?

That latest "Noah's Ark" claim. :eyes: