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Dr Martin Luther King Jr laid to rest in Atlanta crypt
King's body lay in a white marble crypt at South View Cemetery after a 4.2 mile funeral procession from Ebenezer Baptist Church to Morehouse College. A vast crowd watched as officials diplomats and mourners paid tribute with songs prayers and a sermon by Dr Benjamin Mays. The service remembered King as a prophet of the 20th century and a champion of civil rights.
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