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Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr.
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Funeral_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:cemetery
gptkbp:attendance
tens of thousands
gptkbp:burialPlace
gptkb:South-View_Cemetery,_Atlanta
gptkbp:casketCarriedBy
mule-drawn farm wagon
gptkbp:date
April 9, 1968
gptkbp:eulogyBy
gptkb:Benjamin_Mays
gptkbp:firstServiceLocation
gptkb:Ebenezer_Baptist_Church
gptkbp:honor
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr.
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Atlanta,_Georgia
gptkbp:notableEvent
international dignitaries attended
moment of silence at 10:30 a.m.
two funeral services held
gptkbp:notableQuote
‘If any of you are around when I have to meet my day, I don’t want a long funeral.’ (from King’s own sermon played at the funeral)
gptkbp:organizedBy
gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference
gptkbp:paradeRoute
Ebenezer Baptist Church to Morehouse College
gptkbp:participants
gptkb:Andrew_Young
gptkb:Aretha_Franklin
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkb:Benjamin_Mays
gptkb:Coretta_Scott_King
gptkb:Harry_Belafonte
gptkb:Jesse_Jackson
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Mahalia_Jackson
gptkb:Ralph_Abernathy
gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkb:Robert_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Hubert_Humphrey
gptkbp:performedBy
gptkb:Aretha_Franklin
gptkb:Mahalia_Jackson
gptkbp:secondServiceLocation
gptkb:Morehouse_College
gptkbp:televisionShow
yes
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Ebenezer_Baptist_Church
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5