Ga. Honors Coretta King, Mlk's Widow, Rights Pioneer

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ATLANTA - Thousands of mourners poured into the Georgia Capitol rotunda on Saturday to pay tribute to Coretta Scott King, the first woman and the first black person to lie in honor in what once was a seat of segregation.

The bronze casket carrying the widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was carried through the streets of Atlanta on a horse- drawn carriage before being ushered into the capitol by an honor guard of the Georgia State Patrol. The crowd outside cheered and threw roses as the casket went by.

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Ga. Honors Coretta King, Mlk's Widow, Rights Pioneer

A lone bagpiper played "Amazing Grace" as Gov. Sonny Perdue and his wife, Mary, escorted the casket into the statehouse, a sharp contrast ...

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