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Evening service to feature legendary speakers
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Cold rain and rush hour traffic couldn’t stop mourners from packing the house at Horizon Sanctuary at Ebenezer Baptist Church this evening for a traditional memorial service honoring Coretta Scott King.
Expected speakers for the 7 p.m. event include Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton, former U.S. Ambassador and Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young and U.S. Rep. John Lewis
Earlier today, a musical tribute honored the widow of the famed civil rights leader.
Across Auburn Avenue, hundreds continue to stream into the old church’s Heritage Sanctuary to view Mrs. King, who will lie in honor until midnight.
The National Park Service said about 13,000 streamed through the church during the first six hours the doors were open to the public.
Prior to the evening’s service about 300 members of Mrs. King’s sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, adorned in striking white robes, filled Horizon Sanctuary with song.
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