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go on without him - one of the ministers from Maine is designated to deliver the Eulogy -
The services begin, 4 negro 4 white ministers on the podium in front of the Youthful Negro Freedom Singers.
The ABC television camera are on - they grind away at the candles, the cross, the faces - the congregation - we sing - we pray - the feeling is intensley beautiful and the spiritual depth in the church is profound.
We sing, we shall overcome, the negro ladies next to me, we join hands - we move out into the aisle so George can join hands with the man across the way - the effect is stunning - tears are on our cheeks - the singing is marvelous. - when it stops
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the strength that we have gathered from this service is a strength that will stay with us for years
We leave the church for Selma - with a Mr John J Martin Jr - a tall light negro man, charming is the word - we were to go with Mr Johnson and Mrs Hosea Williams - she looks so much like my cousin Thelma - only dark - elegantly dressed - poised - large eyes.
The day has become quite hot and as we roll out toward Selma past modern stores, super highways - plants - the airport - it is hard to reconcile the parts of life - the segregation - the hate - the violence - the uncertainty of what we are going into. The country is like I remember it - rolling and beautiful in a strange