Dr dorothy heights funeral program

Under the sweeping arches of the Washington National Cathedral, we celebrated the life of Dr. Dorothy Height, and lifted her to heaven, which immediately became an even better place.

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But after almost a century of Ms. Height making this country and world a more just, equal, and hopeful place, the rest of us are now going to have to step up down here. She was 98 years old when she died this week, and her accomplishments and awards are utterly extraordinary; but even more extraordinary was her indomitable spirit, which will live on in the legions of people she inspired.

God was smiling because of Dorothy Height in the sunshine that graced the nation's capital yesterday, and it seemed the whole civil rights movement was on hand.

I was sitting next to one of the many clergy who were there and constituted the spiritual backbone of the freedom movement. He recalled the many times he had been with Ms. Height, who as a woman, pushed