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Funeral service held on April 9, 1968 at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.

Location:
Atlanta, GA

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ralph Abernathy	Activist	21-Mar-1926	17-Apr-1990	Prominent civil rights activist
Harry Belafonte	Singer/Songwriter	1-Mar-1927		Calypso singer
Marlon Brando	Actor	3-Apr-1924	1-Jul-2004	A Streetcar Named Desire
Stokely Carmichael	Activist	29-Jun-1941	15-Nov-1998	Black separatist, Pan-Africanist
Wilt Chamberlain	Basketball	21-Aug-1936	12-Oct-1999	Wilt the Stilt
Bill Cosby	Comic	12-Jul-1937		Comedy fixture, accused rapist
Aretha Franklin	Singer	25-Mar-1942		R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Hubert Humphrey	Politician	27-May-1911	13-Jan-1978	US Vice President, 1965-69
Jesse Jackson	Activist	8-Oct-1941		Rainbow Coalition
Robert F. Kennedy	Politician	20-Nov-1925	6-Jun-1968	Slain Presidential candidate
Coretta Scott King	Activist	27-Apr-1927	30-Jan-2006	Widow of Dr. Martin Luther King
Eugene McCarthy	Politician	29-Mar-1916	10-Dec-2005	US Senator from Minnesota, 1959-71
Richard M. Nixon	Head of State	9-Jan-1913	22-Apr-1994	37th US President, 1969-74
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis	First Lady	28-Jul-1929	19-May-1994	Wife of John F. Kennedy
Jackie Robinson	Baseball	31-Jan-1919	24-Oct-1972	First negro in the major leagues
Nelson Rockefeller	Politician	8-Jul-1908	26-Jan-1979	Ford's Vice President
Betty Shabazz	Activist	28-May-1936	23-Jun-1997	Widow of Malcolm X
Stevie Wonder	Singer/Songwriter	13-May-1950		Signed, Sealed, and Delivered

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