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 ATLANTA (AP) - Thousands of mourners filed past the casket of Coretta Scott King on Monday, paying their respects to the "first lady of the civil rights movement" at the historic church where her husband shared his dream for racial equality in the 1960s.
People lined up for a mile outside Ebenezer Baptist Church, waiting for hours in freezing rain for a moment to bid farewell to the widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Across the street, an estimated 1,700 people filled the church's newer facility for a musical tribute that included Oprah Winfrey and other entertainers such as Gladys Knight.
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