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Obama speaks at Dorothy Height funeral

Photos: President Barack Obama speaks at the funeral of civil rights leader Dorothy Height in Washington's National Cathedral.

President Barack Obama and (from left) first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and others, attend the funeral of civil rights leader Dorothy Height at the National Cathedral in Washington on Thursday, April 29, 2010.

A Washington Metropolitan Police honor guard carries the coffin of Dorothy Height into the Washington National Cathedral. Height led the National Council of Negro Women for decades and worked with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the front lines fighting for equality, education and to ease racial tension.

Guests at the funeral service of Dorothy Height on Thursday at the National Cathedral in Washington.

From left, President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., watch as the casket of Dorothy Height arrives during funeral services at the National Cathedral.

President Barack Obama delivers the eulogy.

From left, President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden attend Dorothy Height's funeral service.

President Barack Obama walks past the casket of Dorothy Height during her funeral.

The view front the balcony during funeral services for Dorothy Height.

Poet Maya Angelou is escorted back to her seat after speaking during Dorothy Height's funeral services at the National Cathedral in Washington, Thursday, April 29, 2010.

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President Barack Obama and (from left) first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and others, attend the funeral of civil rights leader Dorothy Height at the National Cathedral in Washington on Thursday, April 29, 2010.

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