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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.