Civil Rights Leader C.T. Vivian To Lie In State At Georgia Capitol Wednesday
C.T. Vivian died Friday at the age of 95.
David Goldman / Associated Press
Updated Wednesday at 1:31 p.m.
People gathered Wednesday to remember Atlanta civil rights icon, the Rev. C.T. Vivian.
Vivian died Friday at the age of 95.
His casket arrived at the state Capitol Building, where a ceremony was held prior to a three-hour viewing. A horse-drawn open carriage will take Vivian from the Capitol to Auburn Avenue.
The procession will end in front of the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr., who Vivian worked with for decades during the height of the Civil Rights movement.
Vivian also led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 by former President Barack Obama.
Because of the coronavirus outbreak, his funeral service will be private and open only to family, according to a news release from the C.T. and Octavia Vivian Museum and Archives. It is scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday at Providence Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta, and will be streamed live online and broadcast by WSB-TV.
Instead of flowers, the family is asking for contributions to be made towards the preservation of the collection as well as continuing his legacy by supporting The C.T. and Octavia Vivian Museum & Archives, Inc.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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