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King's Funeral Draws Nation to Atlanta Ceremony
More than 200000 mourners crowded Atlanta for the King funeral and burial events. Dr Ralph Abernathy led services at Ebenezer and Morehouse with figures like Andrew Young and Benjamin Mays attending. Dignitaries including Hubert Humphrey and Jacqueline Kennedy joined the procession to the Morehouse campus.
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Atlanta
State of Georgia
Ebenezar Baptist Church
Ralph Abernathy
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ebenezar
Morehouse
Milton Cornelious
Jethro English
Howard Dowdy
C.K. Steele
Fred Shuttlesworth
Jesse Jackson
Fred C. Bennette
William Holmes Borders
Wheat Street Baptist Church
E. H. Dorsey
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Harold BeWolfe
American University
Dr. King
Dr. Kings
Hubert Humphrey
Robert Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
Richard M. Nixon
Jacquelyn Kennedy
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Happy
New York City
John Lindsay
Edward Brooke
Massachuetts
Jacob Javits
Philip Hart
Michigan
Hugh Scott
Pennsyyvania
Ralph Bunche
United Nations
Sargeant Shriver
France
Sammy Davis, Jr
Eartha Kitt
Harry Belafonte
Mahalia Jackson
Bill Crosby
World of
Wilt Chamberlain
Freedom National Bank
Jackie Robinson
SCLC
Hoseah Williams
F. Martin Luther King, Jr
Ebenezi
Morehouse Co
Washington
John F. Ken
Benjamin Mays
Lord
Morehouse Glee Club
South View
Jonesboro Road
Martin Luther King, Jr
Memphis