Jack & Jill Politics

Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., second from right, speaks with Rev. Jesse Jackson as they attend a service for the late civil rights matriarch Dorothy Height who is being honored during a “Community Celebration of Life” memorial at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington, Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Her funeral will be held Thursday at Washington National Cathedral. Height died April 20 at the age of 98.
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at a “Community Celebration of Life” memorial for civil rights matriarch Dorothy Height at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington, Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Her funeral will be held Thursday at Washington National Cathedral. Height died April 20 at the age of 98.
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Former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton attend a “Community Celebration of Life” memorial for the late civil rights matriarch Dorothy Height at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington, Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Her funeral will be held Thursday at Washington National Cathedral. Height died April 20 at the age of 98.
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Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., speaks at a “Community Celebration of Life” memorial for civil rights matriarch Dorothy Height at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington, Wednesday, April 28, 2010. At left is Essence magazine publisher Susan Taylor, and at right, activist Rev. Al Sharpton. Her funeral will be held Thursday at Washington National Cathedral. Height died April 20 at the age of 98.
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Essence magazine publisher Susan Taylor directs a service for civil rights matriarch Dorothy Height as she is honored during a “Community Celebration of Life” memorial at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington, Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Her funeral will be held Thursday at Washington National Cathedral. Height died April 20 at the age of 98.
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Former President Bill Clinton speaks at a “Community Celebration of Life” memorial for civil rights matriarch Dorothy Height at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington, Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Her funeral will be held Thursday at Washington National Cathedral. Height died April 20 at the age of 98.
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Marcia Fudge, past national president, Delta Sigma Theta, right, arrives for the sorority’s Omega Omega service in her honor of Dorothy Height, Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at Howard University in Washington Height, who died April 20, was the sorority’s 10th National President and chair of the National Council of Negro Women.
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Surgeon General Regina Benjamin arrives for Delta Sigma Theta sorority’s Omega Omega service to honor Dorothy Height, Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at Howard University in Washington.Height, who died April 20, was the sorority’s 10th National President and chair of the National Council of Negro Women.
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Members of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority arrive for their Omega Omega service in honor of Dr. Dorothy Irene Height, Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at Howard University in Washington. Height, who died April 20, was the sorority’s 10th National President and chair of the National Council of Negro Women.
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A portrait of civil rights heroine Dorothy Height is carried by Kent Amos from the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women headquarters in downtown Washington, Wednesday, April 28, 2010, as her casket is readied to moved to nearby Howard University. Height died April 20 at the age of 98.
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Ladies of the National Council of Negro Women gather outside the downtown Washington headquarters, Tuesday, April 27, 2010, to prepare for the arrival of the body of Dorothy Height, the leading female voice of the 1960s civil rights movement. Height died April 20 at the age of 98.
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Ladies of the National Council of Negro Women gather outside the downtown Washington headquarters, Tuesday, April 27, 2010, to prepare for the arrival of the body of Dorothy Height, the leading female voice of the 1960s civil rights movement. Height died April 20 at the age of 98.
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Former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman, left, arrives at the National Council of Negro Women in downtown Washington, Tuesday, April 27, 2010, as the body of Dorothy Height, the leading female voice of the 1960s civil rights movement, arrives to lay in repose, Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Height died April 20 at the age of 98.
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Members of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority arrive for their Omega Omega service in honor of Dorothy Irene Height, Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at Howard University in Washington. Height, who died April 20, was the sorority’s 10th National President and chair of the National Council of Negro Women.
—-AP Photo/Cliff Owen

A photograph of civil rights heroine Dorothy Height in her youth is seen at right on the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women in Washington, Wednesday, April 28, 2010, as her casket is moved to nearby Howard University. Height died April 20 at the age of 98.
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Vice President Joe Biden pauses to remember civil rights heroine Dorothy Height who died today, during a speech at the Charles E. Smith Center at George Washington University in Washington, Tuesday, April 20, 2010. He was there to speak about Title IX that provides equal opportunities for female student athletes. At left is Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to President Obama who chairs the White House Council on Women and Girls.
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Oprah Winfrey receives Uncommon Height award from Chair and President Emerita of National Council of Negro Women Dr. Dorothy Height during the Uncommon Height Gala honoring Oprah Winfrey in Washington D.C. on Thursday June 4, 2009.
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