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  2. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Shaw University ( DDiv) Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (November 29, 1908 – April 4, 1972) [1] was an American Baptist pastor and politician who represented the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the United States House of Representatives from 1945 until 1971. He was the first African American to be elected to Congress from New York, as well as ...

  3. Clanton, Alabama - Wikipedia

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    0157918. Website. www .clantonal .gov. Clanton is a city in Chilton County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area. At the 2020 census, the population was 14,545. [3] The city is the county seat of Chilton County.

  4. Rhonda Belle Martin - Wikipedia

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    United States. State (s) Alabama. Rhonda Belle Martin (née Thomley; [1] c. 1907 – October 11, 1957) was an American serial killer and family annihilator who was executed by the state of Alabama for the murder of Claude Carroll Martin, her fourth husband, in 1951. Martin's method of murder was rat poison; she was also accused of poisoning and ...

  5. Chilton County, Alabama - Wikipedia

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    Chilton County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama.As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,014. The county seat is Clanton.Its name is in honor of William Parish Chilton, Sr. (1810–1871), a lawyer who became Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and later represented Montgomery County in the Congress of the Confederate States of America.

  6. Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan - Wikipedia

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    After Reagan's death, his body was taken from his Bel Air home to the Kingsley and Gates Funeral Home in Santa Monica, California, to prepare the body for burial. On June 7, Reagan's casket was transported by hearse and displayed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California , then flown to Washington, D.C. , on June 9 ...

  7. Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. - Wikipedia

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    The first memorial service following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, took place the following day at the R.S. Lewis Funeral Home in Memphis, Tennessee. This was followed by two funeral services on April 9, 1968, in Atlanta, Georgia, the first held for family and close friends at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King ...

  8. Clayton, Alabama - Wikipedia

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    Clayton, Alabama. Location of Clayton in Barbour County, Alabama. /  31.87750°N 85.44889°W  / 31.87750; -85.44889. Clayton is a town in and the county seat of Barbour County, Alabama, United States. The population was 3,008 at the 2010 census, [2] up from 1,475 in 2000.

  9. Marion, Alabama - Wikipedia

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    0160038. Website. www .discovermarion .org. Marion is a city in and the county seat of Perry County, Alabama, United States. [2] As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 3,686, up 4.8% over 2000. First known as Muckle Ridge, the city was renamed for a hero of the American Revolution, Francis Marion .