Obama eulogizes civil rights leader Dorothy Height

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President Obama says civil rights leader Dorothy Height lived a righteous life that changed the United States for the better.

Obama spoke Thursday during a funeral service for Height at Washington National Cathedral.
She 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 history books and America’s memory.

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

--Associated Press