"We came to love her, as so many loved her...We loved those hats that she wore like a crown."
Height was a "regular" in the White House, stopped by 21 times and took part in discussions on health care in her final months.
Obama praises her "quiet, dogged, dignified persistence."
Height took "great risk" that changed country for the better.
Deserves "place of honor" in America's memory.
Obama says we remember her for "all she did over a lifetime, behind the scenes" to secure rights for all humanity, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity.
"Unambiguous record" of righteous work worthy of remembrance, worthy of recognition.
Went about work "without fanfare"... "She didn't need to see her picture in the papers."
Height understood that Civil Rights "movement gathered strength from the bottom up."
She wasn't interested in "credit," cared about the "cause."
Height "was a drum major for justice"... leader of equality, freedom, service.
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