Photos: Atlanta remembers Nelson Mandela

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Photos: Atlanta remembers Nelson Mandela

Dec. 11, 2013: Photos: Atlanta remembers Nelson Mandela

Community leaders from various religious and civic organizations came together on Dec. 11 in the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel on the campus of Morehouse College to celebrate the life and legacy of former South African President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, "Madiba."

Morehouse students Darien Jones (left), 18, freshman majoring in English and Christopher Polston, 20, a junior majoring in religion and philosophy, talk before the memorial service.

Morehouse students Darien Jones (left), 18, freshman majoring in English and Christopher Polston, 20, a junior majoring in religion and philosophy, observe a portrait of Nelson Mandela and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. before the memorial service.

Members of the Soweto Street Beat and Drummers for Peace open the memorial service Wednesday night.

Members of the Soweto Street Beat and Drummers for Peace open the memorial service Wednesday night.

Members of the Soweto Street Beat and Drummers for Peace open the memorial service Wednesday night.

Well-wishers attend the memorial service Wednesday night.

Well-wishers attend the memorial service Wednesday night.

Bishop Robert Wright (left), the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, and Andrew Young, former UN ambassador, talk during the ceremony Wednesday evening.

Genine Betchley gives a musical tribute during ther ceremony.

Community leaders from various religious and civic organizations came together on Wednesday to celebrate the life and legacy of former South African President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, "Madiba."

Attendees look at the ceremonial program.

An attendee looks at the ceremonial program.

Members of the Morehouse College Glee Club sing during the ceremony.

The Rev. Raphael Warnock, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, gives remarks during the ceremony.

Former UN Ambassador Andrew Young gives remarks during the ceremony.

Former UN Ambassador Andrew Young gives remarks during the ceremony.

Bishop Robert Wright of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta gives remarks.

The Rev. John Strickland, Atlanta Unity Church, gives remarks during the ceremony.

Martin Luther King III gives remarks during the ceremony.

The Rev. Bernice King, CEO of The Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, gives remarks during the ceremony.

A dancer with Soweto Street Beat dances at the conclusion of the ceremony.

A dancer with Soweto Street Beat dances at the conclusion of the ceremony.

Zion Ngcobo, 11, holds the South African flag at the conclusion of the ceremony.

Members of the South African community dance at the conclusion of the ceremony.

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Community leaders from various religious and civic organizations came together on Dec. 11 in the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel on the campus of Morehouse College to celebrate the life and legacy of former South African President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, "Madiba."

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