On April 29th, thousands attended Dr. Dorothy Height’s funeral to remember the civil rights legend.
Dr. Dorothy Height led the National Council of Negro Women for four decades and was apart of and led keys battles during the civil rights movement. She died at 98.
Devoting her life to fighting for equality, President Obama eulogized Dr. Height as the “Godmother” of the American Civil Rights Movement, citing her humility and fight for the cause:
“She never cared about who got the credit. What she cared about was the cause. The cause of justice, the cause of equality, the cause of opportunity, freedom’s cause.”
He also shared that Dr. Height had visited the Obama White House over 20 times and urged Americans to honor her memory by serving and improving their country.
