Via the Post’s Hamil Harris, funeral services for civil rights icon Dorothy Height will take place 10 a.m. Thursday at Washington National Cathedral. There are also a number of other memorials and celebrations of Height’s life planned throughout next week.
On Tuesday, a public viewing will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. at the council’s Dorothy I. Height headquarters building at 633 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
At 2 p.m. Wednesday at Howard University, the Delta Sigma Theta sorority will conduct the traditional “Omega Omega” farewell ceremony, which is due every sorority member. Height served as national president of the sorority in 1947, and her body will be there for the public tribute.
And at 7 p.m. Wednesday, a “Community Celebration of Life” will be held at Shiloh Baptist Church, 1500 Ninth St. NW. The celebration is open to the public.