Dr. Martin Luther King's coffin arrives at Atlanta funeral home

Dr. Martin Luther King's coffin arrives at Atlanta funeral home | WSB-TV

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Dr. Martin Luther King's coffin arrives at Hanley's funeral home in Atlanta after his assassination in 1968. Ralph David Abernathy speaks to thousands who lined the streets in Atlanta.
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@sandraatkins2539 Жыл бұрын

Mrs. Coretta Scott King was the epitome of grace, dignity, and beauty.

@NikaK23 Жыл бұрын

She really was 🙏🏿💕🕊️

@FranPett Жыл бұрын

I read that when she was told that Dr. King had been killed, she kept her composure & shortly thereafter she was driven to ID the body & was still very composed. She was rumored to be strong. She too, was chosen by God to fulfill a leadership role.

@sandraatkins2539 Жыл бұрын

@@FranPett 🙏❤️🙏

@mauriceboykin4422 Жыл бұрын

Yes lord a wonderful great lady and human

@jasonallen3678 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful woman and I always wondered did she and Mrs Betty Shabazz ever had a companions after their husbands deaths..

@belmarmom Жыл бұрын

The behavior of the crowd is impeccable - solemn, respectful and dignified.

@theonlyladybella44480 2 жыл бұрын

Despite the time period, the emotion of the people makes me feel like this is happening today. This is history that needs to be seen. Thank you for posting this. ❤️

@pamelajordan2890 2 жыл бұрын

What happened then has so much of what's going on today 😥 like my Gramma said " Why do they always kill the good ones?"

@bettydavis7904 Жыл бұрын

This history repeat it self every time! We say we getting stronger and better. However, we knock back ! We cannot get the basics things to live by ! Food ,medical care. Let along a place live! Look at surrounding of where the funeral

@billywhite3523 Жыл бұрын

@@bettydavis7904 great point! Look at the surrounding

@realmom9288 Жыл бұрын

" anybody here seen my old friend Martin? Can you tell me where he's gone? He's freed alot of people, but the good they die young. I just looked around and he's gone ".

@ShawnBen Жыл бұрын

The same people who quote his I Have a Dream speech always wanted him dead in all states and territories.

@cuteguy9358 Жыл бұрын

This footage is never shown on TV & it's such an important piece of history. Thank you so much for posting this. It's a shame that schools today are erasing not just Black History, but (History), as everyone needs to see this.

@deloreswillis9224 11 ай бұрын

Yesssssssssss indeed EVERYONE

@dluttrell78 5 ай бұрын

We know why it wasn't...

@rogercook8277 4 ай бұрын

Black people are not erasing Black History, white people are trying to do it in any way they can. Real talk. 2/15/2024

@bh.rippleeffect Жыл бұрын

Killing him didn't stop him, it immortalized him. That's for all protagonist who never understood the power of a seed.

@berdellfleming5074 Жыл бұрын

The movement was stopped!

@bh.rippleeffect Жыл бұрын

@Berdell Fleming no it was not. It continues. Though there may not be one standout definitive leader, others in a more broad way have taken on that mantel continuing to fight against injustices whenever they occur. The PEOPLE took to the streets when George Floyd was murdered causing more things to change for the better though there will always be more work to do.

@tailsprowerfan2729 Жыл бұрын

@@bh.rippleeffect don’t you dare compare that criminal to MLK Jr who was a man of god Because MLK jr is a way better then that low life sucm who put a gun to a pregnant womens tummy aslo she was black

@bh.rippleeffect Жыл бұрын

@Tails Prower fan what are you even talking about?? I wasn't comparing anyone to anyone. All I said was that some thought by killing King, that that would stop his dream. I used the analogy saying burying a seed only causes a massive tree to come forward. It didn't silence the seed. The same isctrue concerning Dr. King. Not sure at all what you're referring to.

@victorjones4565 Жыл бұрын

Most definitely 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@digitall2848 Жыл бұрын

Martin Luther king's brother looked so much like him 2:15

@alaneofmyown Жыл бұрын

I was looking for this comment.. I was like wait a minute 😮

@kmoore5215 Жыл бұрын

I wonder where his parents and his sister, Christine were. I didn’t see them near Coretta and the children

@LibraGoals Жыл бұрын

@@kmoore5215 Mrs. Farris got out the car last. 1:51

@lilyofthevalley2248 Жыл бұрын

@@alaneofmyown me too‼️‼️‼️‼️

@handsome-brute2666 Жыл бұрын

CIA 🇺🇸👴🏻😈killed him one year later

@iluvmjjandfam96 Жыл бұрын

Grateful to those who paved the way and laid down their lives for us 🙏🏿

@deloreswillis9224 11 ай бұрын

Omlord I am in “ awe “ of my ancestors… I truly appreciate all their scarifications

@PatriceFlannel 5 ай бұрын

. V. ch

@victorjones4565 Жыл бұрын

Words can’t not explain the sorrow in these Brothers & Sisters eyes ,may God Bless them all.🙏🏾

@dominiquejenkins5495 Жыл бұрын

Especially that one sister when the man was talking.....

@erinmeggik391 Жыл бұрын

Was born in 60s and wish black men were more unified and supportive like Ralph Abernathy and allied to Dr. King. We have lost our way.

@deloreswillis9224 11 ай бұрын

Jesus lord 🙏🏿

@Goodfella1960 Жыл бұрын

Oh how the world needs this man today.

@josephinelane6702 2 жыл бұрын

Being at the age of 12 when this happened, the memory is burned into my heart and mind. Never will I forget the pain, or fear I heard in the voices of adults.... actually, this was the first time I had seen Mom cry for someone she'd never even met, so I cried because she cried... today I understand why she cried. My tears back then were for Mom... today, I get the big picture of where her tears flowed from. Time for all this madness to end. It's time for this part of history to end forever... enough. !!!!😢

@theresa4863 2 жыл бұрын

Do you think it's the same today as it was then?

@josephinelane6702 2 жыл бұрын

There's been some improvement, though very little. I just don't understand why black people have to keep getting down in the mud for rights to vote. Blood was shed for those Rights already. I wonder, exactly what are they afraid of.

@theonlyladybella44480 2 жыл бұрын

@@theresa4863 what do you mean?

@shawday7911 2 жыл бұрын

@@theresa4863 The chain of slavery still exist in mass incarceration: un 17, 2021 - The 13th Amendment may have outlawed the enslavement of Black people, but the United States continues to devise new ways to uphold the racist. So no, it has just become more sophisticated. White supremacy oppression is still alive and well today. We don’t wont it to be better, but to be eliminated period. Why would we wont anything less, would you?

@theresa4863 2 жыл бұрын

@@shawday7911 that is not true! That's what we've been told, of course racism exists worldwide but not to the extent that the radicals have purported. We need to see there is an agenda at play here.

@phyllislowe3942 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I was 6 years old when Dr. MLK, Jr was murdered. I can remember my mom watching the funeral on a small black and white TV. She was crying. I remember me and brother was playing on the bed. I didn't have an understanding of what was happening but I have a vivid memory of that day.

@springstud Жыл бұрын

i was he same age i remeber is coffin was pulled by mules

@richardwilliams4976 Жыл бұрын

Wow, I was one year old when he was murdered. May God bless MLk Jr. He was a great and wonderful man thanks for sharing this historical footage. This is definitely rare. 🙏🏽❤️🇺🇸

@Solutions3000 Жыл бұрын

I was 9yo. My aunt was married to one of Mrs. Coretta's uncles, Robert Scott, from Marion, Alabama. I was too young to understand the connection.

@deloreswillis9224 11 ай бұрын

My Jesus I vividly remember hearing his death on our radio I was 12 years old

@caramelkisses1068 Жыл бұрын

My Mother was 3 months pregnant with me. When I see this I feel like I was there. It’s overwhelming even til this day.

@martymahem236 2 жыл бұрын

As a 69 year old lifelong Atlantan I remember those sad days well.

@TheOlskool4ever Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking how great it would be to find someone who was actually at the funeral service that day and ask them what they remember and how they felt on that day. The vast majority of people in attendance are likely gone now but we have people like you who are actually a primary source of information and knowledge as it relates to that tragic day. God bless ❤️

@blast4me754 Жыл бұрын

What street was this on because would to drive down this street?

@TheOlskool4ever Жыл бұрын

@@blast4me754 Google Hanley's Funeral Home and see if they're still in business. The fact this is where MLKs funeral was held means it's a historical landmark. Look them up.

@gabbyturner1137 Жыл бұрын

I cannot imagine what Coretta Scott was feeling at this time!🤦 but it was good to see the outpour of all of our black people that showed up and the support🙏 it was a horrid time for all of the people that loved him😔

@dinaali3702 Жыл бұрын

I’m not American but this guy legend for changing and giving so much we all proud of what you did and what you change

@sandraatkins2539 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, and may God bless you.

@priestess1987 Жыл бұрын

it's not about ethnicity goodness, he's African Descendant

@Proverbspsalms 5 ай бұрын

Girl if you’re not American then you don’t know- this man was not what he was portrayed to be.

@AshleyOliviaDaCosta 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing all this footage. It was not that long ago.

@bookerbright3439 Жыл бұрын

I was a 13 year old teenager living in Durham, North Carolina. I remember this sad day as if it were yesterday.

@alanmorris7669 Жыл бұрын

That was Rev Ralph Abernathy pleading for peace and calm. (2:43)

@kmoore5215 Жыл бұрын

He had just turned 42 about a month prior to this. And died approximately 22 years after this.

@streetwearjimmy 3 ай бұрын

It never clicked at the time passing through Atlanta on I-20 from NC back to Birmingham for years and seeing the signs dedicating the freeway to him.

@ladidi4935 Жыл бұрын

A day I and I'm sure many others will never ever forget. I remember as a little girl sitting in our living room when the news broke, I'm 66 years old the memory is so fresh 💔

@donniejeter262 Жыл бұрын

Why are they just now showing this? They should of showed this a long time ago.

@shaylawatson1244 11 ай бұрын

I never knew they had footage like this

@millardthomas9059 Жыл бұрын

It must have been surreal.55 years later it's a amazing scene.

@terrillelliott8053 Жыл бұрын

Martin Luther king did not believe in the Bible because Jesus said in Matthew 15:24 that Deuteronomy 32:8 . His dream speech said the opposite of scriptures.

@dluttrell78 5 ай бұрын

@@terrillelliott8053lies

@willielittle9301 Жыл бұрын

I can see and sense the determination and desperation of the woman to see Dr. King while Rev. Abernathy was speaking...What measure of the man...

@hopewilliams7081 Жыл бұрын

I was only 2yrs old when Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered. Looking at this I can feel the raw emotions taking place at that time. 😢

@geminisis7605 Жыл бұрын

I was yet to be born thee next month..gives me a view of how life was before me..RIP Dr.King.

@abanks7015 Жыл бұрын

His sister, wife, daughter, eldest son and brother and Rev. Ralph Abernathy speaking

@maggieboo8142 Жыл бұрын

God bless this dear man, love and respect from the UK 🇬🇧 🙏 ❤

@smiththomson95 Жыл бұрын

Hello Maggie How are you doing today?

@melissaporter5928 Жыл бұрын

Pretty clear footage to be 55 years old.I think of those small children in this video.They would be in their late 60s or early 70s by now.

@brendamckeitan9597 Жыл бұрын

Non violent man gets killed by the people he wants to be friend 🤦🏾‍♀️

@bh.rippleeffect Жыл бұрын

Jesus did that.

@simondilling5353 Жыл бұрын

I think that you should look deeper into King and his suggestions. He was never about making friends or getting along with white supremacists in any shape or form.

@tee8870 Жыл бұрын

Shut up

@alaneofmyown Жыл бұрын

@@simondilling5353 okay but technically He just wanted things to make sense and people to come together.. that’s what I think this comment is saying

@simondilling5353 Жыл бұрын

@@alaneofmyown That may be true, but it would be to simplify his legacy to claim that he just wanted to get along with everybody like some naive hippie. The comment says that he was killed by the people he wanted to get along with. He was assassinated by a government agency which he never sought to get along with. He was never about a superficial peace, but a genuine peace, which in the context of white supremacy, according to King could only be achieved through a confrontation with that problem and the people behind it, plus a transformation of that society.

@adriennebush2764 Жыл бұрын

They did my Grandma Funeral.. She looked So Pretty 💔💔✝️

@tonytaylor4545 Жыл бұрын

1968...bad year for King & Kennedy

@KM-oy5yh Жыл бұрын

AMEN AMEN AMEN 🎉❤

@Jleed989 5 ай бұрын

Great year for the Detroit tigers but I’m being selfish

@jeniceluckett6209 2 жыл бұрын

So sad. It brings back memories. Thank GOD for this man of GOD...

@Danilove85 Жыл бұрын

Wow my mom was only 2 almost 3 years old then, my time had not yet arrived lol. I am 37 and you will always be honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ❤️🙏

@tricci508 4 ай бұрын

Very impactful video… gives me chills of such a powerful family !!

@mrpresten Жыл бұрын

Touching 💔

@decretiahearn2674 Жыл бұрын

I wasn’t born yet when this happened but you didn’t deserve this love you and thank you for what you did for our people you were owed more 🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾❤️

@juanitamayers8889 Жыл бұрын

I am a true convert Macolm X By any means necessary. That I live by

@marshataylor7554 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for playing this RIP Martin 🇲🇫 and your Brother and former Wife and Mrs and Mr Malcom.

@gretchengreen5999 Жыл бұрын

Even in devastating sadness, Coretta was such a beautiful lady...❤

@handsome-brute2666 Жыл бұрын

Even the clouds ☁ were weeping when King came home

@MsRoss-xv3nx Жыл бұрын

This was great to see. I was not born yet but I remember reading about this when I was little. 💜

@adammbethea9263 2 жыл бұрын

Greater than all our presidents.

@darlenesmith5086 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely well said. Best comment on here.

@AnthonyJohnson-hl1ru Жыл бұрын

Agree 👍💯

@AnthonyJohnson-hl1ru Жыл бұрын

@@darlenesmith5086 💯

@KM-oy5yh Жыл бұрын

AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN 🙏 😂❤🎉

@annmargareet-qu1bv Жыл бұрын

I can’t watch this video. My heart hurt when I read the title. Rest in Power great king you gave your life for us.Your family sacrificed as well.

@janetstarling8729 Жыл бұрын

MUCH LOVE & RESPECT MR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ❤🦋❤🦋❤🦋❤🦋...R.I.H.🙏🦋🙏🦋🙏🦋🙏🦋🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊

@davidjohnson8818 Жыл бұрын

I remember when Dr. king was killed, I was 6 years old, I asked my father who Dr. King was he told me he was a man down south who tried to help people.

@jrc123ful Жыл бұрын

The pain and hurt in the face of our people total devastation

@latotheukrecording9220 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting ❤❤❤

@mindyholiday8391 Жыл бұрын

Wow Historic Moment 🕊💔

@truebetold65 Жыл бұрын

Remarkable video of the last days of an American legend. RIP

@tiffanyhollywood2108 Жыл бұрын

Wow. Thank you. 🥀

@techwood16 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Dr King

@kamalapeach4216 Жыл бұрын

Well spoken

@randallwilliams7338 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this footage. This was even though I was not alive yet.

@og6340 Жыл бұрын

And what a great leader he was

@KM-oy5yh Жыл бұрын

@Tina1924 AMEN AMEN,,SISTER ❤🎉🎉🎉🎉❤

@yvinnewarren8731 Жыл бұрын

May God bless us all

@mr.alonzofairley5476 Жыл бұрын

That was a sad day indeed....

@TIMCOWBOY1971 Жыл бұрын

Great 👍 video thanks 🙏 for sharing!

@punkanelliefonkbush8811 Жыл бұрын

What a sad day 😢

@sj_snoww Жыл бұрын

A man who risk his entire life for change.gbless him R.I.P .thank you

@millyarscott8656 Жыл бұрын

Even now it makes you cry. FBI and their Director Hoover did their sinful work well.

@asiam1528 Жыл бұрын

This man was brilliant and should have been a president instead he was treated worst than an animal 😢

@KM-oy5yh Жыл бұрын

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

@MrWillc1975 Жыл бұрын

I was 10 years old in 1968 when Dr. King was assassinated and I remember over in another neighborhood big clouds of smoke from a building that had been set on fire after the news of Dr. King's death . I was scared to go out of my neighborhood because of all that was going on during those first few days . This is my first time seeing this and it did bring back those memories , my mom went to view Dr. Kings body , but she wouldn't let me and my brother's go because of the long lines that were there on into the night ( Just like the way it was when President Kennedy's body was in state in the Capital and those crowds ) and she didn't want us out late into the night . I did see Dr. King's funeral on tv ( which was on all of the networks ) and to see all those who came to Dr. King's funeral like Sammy Davis Jr. Bobby Kennedy , Jackie Kennedy , Ethel Kennedy ( Bobby's wife ) Eartha Kitt , Dianne Carroll , Nancy Wilson , Ozzie Davis , Ruby Dee , Harry Belafonte , Mahalia Jackson , Aretha Franklin , Berry Gordy , Stevie Wonder , Dianna Ross and others that attended his funeral , it was a like a who's who that came and that is one thing that I do remember and seeing this really brings me back to what was a such a sad day for all of us who were there to witness it in 1968 , one thing that I will never forget !

@ThePrinceOfTheTalkbox Жыл бұрын

white folks was scared too lol

@radudeATL 8 ай бұрын

The grief is unbearable. This is footage I had never seen, and I’m so grateful to Channel 2 for posting this bit of important history. I can only imagine how the world would have been had we been able to have Dr. King with us for longer.

@TeddyGram1379 Жыл бұрын

WoW it’s like yesterday The LOVE AND EMOTION I FEEL

@tahirahsmith101 Жыл бұрын

If this was today's time! Woman would have had bonnets and pajamas on and men would have on skinny jeans sagging! We had so much pride back then!

@jalynsmith6230 Жыл бұрын

extremely weird and off putting comment

@clmhK5 Жыл бұрын

YES - so much pride, and respect for the elders

@doeshecare Жыл бұрын

So what if they would have that on that’s their business as to what they want to have on and your comment has no merit because from what I have seen in todays society we as a people still respect those who are being funeralized in action, deed as well as attire I’m not sure what planet you are on but your dead wrong and it is an irresponsible comment to make

@ginadeniseallen2919 Жыл бұрын

@@jalynsmith6230 Not really. Honestly I get the comment. They were fighting fir us to have respect, to be treated with dignity but today WE don't even respect ourselves, we don't even act, behave or dress dignified. It's as if it was all in vein, almost. It may not have been relevant to you, and I respect that, but here, it was relevant and proper to insert.

@user-uw7wj5rr9c Ай бұрын

Twerking in his honor...

@tiarathomas4640 Жыл бұрын

I just wonder where are these people now

@stedye Жыл бұрын

Me too! Many were young at that time. A few may be in their 80’ s or 90’s now. Many have probably passed on .

@AA-ke5cu 2 жыл бұрын

1968 nothing of the 60's was good.

@CleanMusicLover229 Жыл бұрын

Only the music

@lastcommodore2071 Жыл бұрын

The miracle of birth for some of us ..

@IllinoisDemocraticParty Жыл бұрын

My mother was born in the 60's

@Radentstwo 5 ай бұрын

Disagree

@wwmoon101 Жыл бұрын

THANKS THIS NEED TO BE SEEN AT THIS GENERATION AN TIME .

@mary14892 Жыл бұрын

Still hurts in 2023!

@chenitalee8132 3 ай бұрын

The first time I saw this. Thank you for sharing.

@johnmoore4714 Жыл бұрын

I was 4 years old. I have no memory of it during that time. The history books 📚 barley mentioned it.😐 Coretta Scott king looking beautiful 💜 as ever.

@briannabrown8696 Жыл бұрын

So real... wow

@flowerpot3855 Жыл бұрын

Notice how neatly everyone is dressed?

@jordanwoods5022 Жыл бұрын

Ralph David Abernathy is so articulate and has so much grave ❤ Martin Luther King is the greatest!!

@lolatv1908 10 ай бұрын

Amen

@eduosechannelr9766 Жыл бұрын

So sad even today

@francisopiyo4580 Жыл бұрын

They felled a true Philosopher, a great man, a saint.

@LilMamaDeBlanco Жыл бұрын

I wonder how many people in this video are still living?

@judithevettemoore2499 Жыл бұрын

I was Seven year old, I remember that day.

@smiththomson95 Жыл бұрын

Hello Judith How are you doing today?

@yevettetaylor3484 Жыл бұрын

Awww I was 6yrs old and remember everyone crying. So I was crying just a lot of violence and sad times. Kids growing up in them times suffered a lot of trama!

@loririchard397 Жыл бұрын

God have mercy on me. Still living it.

@kevinanderson2305 5 ай бұрын

Happy birthday dr. King!! Rip 🙏

@geraldine1437 Жыл бұрын

I was only 13 and before they killed him, I wanted to help the movement but my mom wouldn’t let me.

@Itzyourchillsummergurlari Жыл бұрын

Just like a freaking junior when I called her. 😭😢😔ღ

@annetteleggins5868 5 ай бұрын

A sad farewell to a great man the fighr for equality isnt over yet

@deemodatnigga Жыл бұрын

Wow! I wish I could’ve saw this in school.

@ryanspeed4671 Жыл бұрын

I was a child when he was assassinated living in D.C. It was really bad with the rioting, the city was set ablaze. This is still a sad sight after all these years.

@lindabergeron1881 Жыл бұрын

I lived in Georgetown, DC when this happened. The tear gas and the national Guard troops on the streets. Family kept a loaded pistol within reach near the front door. Thank God it wasn’t needed.

@ryanspeed4671 Жыл бұрын

@@lindabergeron1881 Very challenging time

@Gwenethism Жыл бұрын

Godspeed

@rogercook8277 4 ай бұрын

I was 8 years old when Dr. King was killed. Me, my mother, Father and my brother march in the Sanatation March in Memphis, TN. It will be a day I will always remember. R.I.P. Dr. King. 2/15/2024

@corrydonaldson5352 Жыл бұрын

They killed his brother too, said he drown in his home swimming pool but we know that's BS!

@vbrandon1858 Жыл бұрын

You and your sister look alike! She's beautiful, it was good seeing her! Thanks for sharing! Love y'all and Always praying 🙏💙💜 hope y'all have a beautiful day 💖