President Obama will deliver the funeral for civil rights leader Dorothy Height . Many of the people attending the viewing emphasized how inspirational she was as a woman and as a leader of the civil rights movement , a woman who stood beside Martin Luther King Jr. during his famous `` I Have a Dream '' speech . The funeral is set for 10 ##pm E.T . Thursday at Washington National Cathedral . Height , 98 , was a former president of the National Council of Negro Women . People lined three city blocks to attend a viewing in Washington on Tuesday .
President Obama will deliver the funeral for civil rights leader Dorothy Height . The funeral is set for 10 ##pm E.T . Thursday at Washington National Cathedral . Height , 98 , was a former president of the National Council of Negro Women . People lined three city blocks to attend a viewing in Washington on Tuesday .