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Former President Obama was among the many speakers at the funeral on Oct. 25 for Rep. Elijah E. Cummings at New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore.

Former President Obama was among the many speakers at the funeral on Oct. 25 for Rep. Elijah E. Cummings at New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore.

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Rep. Elijah E. Cummings was eulogized as a leader with the fiery moral conviction of an Old Testament prophet at a funeral last Friday that brought former presidents and ordinary people alike to the Baltimore church where the congressman worshipped for four decades.