Remembering Rev. James Orange

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the funeral services for civil rights leader Rev. James Orange at Morehouse College inside the Martin Luther King Jr. Chapel on Saturday, 2/23/08.PHOTO BY JOHNNY CRAWFORD/AJC

Elizabeth Omilami, of Hosea Feed the Hungry, speaks during the service.

SCLC President Mr. Charles Steele Jr. along with Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin console Congressman John Lewis after he spoke during the funeral service.

Martin Luther King lll speaks at the funeral. Orange worked for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Alabama in the early 1960s before moving to Atlanta.

Martin Luther King lll , Elder Bernice King and Former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young smile and laugh after Elizabeth Omilami joked with Young.

Elder Bernice King speaks during the funeral services.

Family members of Civil Rights leader Rev. James Orange enter the Morehouse College inside the Martin Luther King Jr. Chapel on Saturday.

Former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young speaks during the service. Young named Orange as one of the "real soldiers of the movement ... a gentle giant" in 1993.

Buddist Denise Laffan pays her respect to Civil Rights leader Rev. James Orange.

Larry Randall takes off his hat as he passes the statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with the body of the Rev. James Orange on Saturday.

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Elizabeth Omilami, of Hosea Feed the Hungry, speaks during the service.

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