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Funeral for W. C. Handy in Harlem draws massive crowd
Harlem mourns W. C. Handy as about 150000 people watch the funeral cortege pass. A 40 piece band leads the procession to Abyssinian Baptist Church and the burial at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. Attendees include Rev. Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Mayor Wagner, Gov. Harriman, and national leaders. Handy, 84, wrote Memphis Blues and St. Louis Blues shaping the blues era.
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New York
Harlem
W. C. Handy
Seventh Avenue
142Nd Street
Handy
St. Louis
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
Robert F. Wagner
Abyssinian Baptist Church
West 138Th Street
Eisenhower
Nixon
Averell Harriman
Edmund Orgill
Memphis
Tenn
WC. Handy
Tennessee
Woodlawn
Bronx
Alabama
Vandy
Charles
Cootie) Williams
Holy City
Mr. Powell
Beale Street