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ORDER OF SERVICE

7:30 P.M. .......... Musical Tribute to the Memory of "The Chief" A. Philip Randolph*
8:00 P.M. ...........The Memorial Service
The Rev. Henderson R. Hughes, Presiding
The Processional ............... "Onward Christian Soldiers"
The Opening Sentences....... Pastor Hughes
The Hymn of Consolation ... "Rock of Ages"
The Prayer of Comfort and Strength .... Dr. Moran W. Weston
The Scripture Lessons:
The Old Testament .... The Rev. Paul Vastor Johnson
The New Testament .... The Rev. Dr. F. Herbert Skeete
Choral Selection .... The Choirs of Bethel
Acknowledgements .... The Rev. George Lawrence
Tributes (3 minutes)
Fraternal ............ William Richardson
Politics ........ Dr. Anna Arnold Hedgman
Labor ........... L. Joseph Overton
Civil Rights .... Dr. Joseph E. Lowery
Choral Selection ... Concert Choir of Canaan
A Personal Reflection
Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker
Dr. Gardner C. Taylor
Solo ... "He'll Understand and Say 'Well Done'" Mrs. Frances Jackson
The Eulogy ... Bishop Richard Allen Hildebrand
The Closing Hymn .... "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
The Benediction .... Bishop Hildebrand
The Recessional

* The Choirs of Bethel and Canaan; guest soloists, Frances Jackson and Carl Murray.

The Rev. Henderson R. Hughes is Pastor of the Bethel A.M.E. Church.
The Rev. Dr. Moran W. Weston, Senior Minister, St. Phillip's P.E. Church.
The Rev. Paul Vastor Johnson, President of the Baptist Ministers' Conference of Greater New York.
The Rev. Dr. F. Herbert Skeete, Minister of Salem United Methodist Church.
The Rev. George Lawrence, Minister of the Antioch Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn.
William Richardson, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. State of New York
Dr. Anna Arnold Hedgman, Former Director FEPC in Roosevelt Administration
L. Joseph Overton, Official, Negro American Labor Council.
The Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, President, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
The Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, Minister of the Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem.
The Rev. Dr. Gardner C. Taylor, Senior Minister of [[text obscured by photo]] ord Baptist Church of Chirst in Brooklyn.
The Rev. Dr. Richard Hildebrand, Presiding Bishop [[text obscured by photo]] opal District, African Methodist Episcopal Church.


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