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King’s funeral rites draw vast crowds in Atlanta as mourners honor King
Uniformed police guarded Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s tomb in South View Cemetery while thousands attended outdoor services at Morehouse and Ebenezer. Notables, including Vice President Humphrey and Mrs. Kennedy, joined the memorial as officials used measures from guards to National Guardsmen for security.
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Don McKee
Atlanta, Ga
Martin Luther King Jr
South View Cemetery
Georgia
King
Memphis
Tenn
Benjamin E. Mays
Morehouse College
Mays
Southern Regional Council
America
Dr. King
Martin Luther King
Atlanta
Morehouse
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Red Cross
Ebenezer
Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Edward M., Kennedy
Massachusetts
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockfeller
George Romney
Michigan
Carl E. Sanders
Lester Maddox
Maddox
Capitol
Dobbins Air Force Base
Marietta
Ralph D. Abernathy
Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Montgomery
Ala
Stokely Carmichael
Mississippi