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Two months previously at Ebenezer Baptist Church, on Feb. 4, 1968, King gave his famous “Drum Major” sermon. At his widow's request, King eulogized himself, with a recording of the “Drum Major” sermon played at the funeral.
Coretta Scott King and her children viewing King’s casket. The church was filled with hundreds of people, including labor leaders, foreign dignitaries, entertainment and sports figures and leaders from numerous faiths. The service began with Rev. Ralph Abernathy delivering a sermon which called King’s death "one of the darkest hours of mankind." 
Credit: ©Flip Schulke. Photo courtesy of UT Austin’s Briscoe Center for American History.