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UNITED STATES GA ::RNMENT #3 GH. 1 = Beimont Memorandum 1 ~ uonr 1 — DeLoach W. C, surtvahd Lpcomeat a = Baumgardner F. J.B d ey ae para’ pv | sumer ERE 'S bh § bx wel ~ Baung SUBJECT: = - NATION OF ISLAM DATE2Z/40-_ _} = Adenct fbr , INTERNAL SECURITY — NATION OF 1st & % — 6.978 & “a a oF. ; hore ptabared is subaitted for intleeetion regarding the finer s of Malcolm X Little at New York, 2/27/65, The New York Office was in frequent telephonic cont ureau throughout the church service estimated that 1, peop service tha en er outside the church who could not be admitted was estimated to be between one and two thousand. Local television ‘ stations in New York gave coverage to the funeral. The service began , at 9:30 a.m., 2/27/65 at the Faith Temple Church of God, corner of Amsterdam Avenue and West 147th Street, in the Harlem section of , New York City, after the body had been moved from the Unity Funeral Home, Eighth Avenue and 126th Street, New York City. The eulogy at the church was read by Ossie Davis and his wife, Ruby Dee, who make up a well-known | Negro husband and wife theatrical team, Numerous telegrams and letfe alle from Civil Righ Leaders were read durin , th ceremony. . Apnand. banend M phonesin) also wnt le in the eulpgys H yas deceit as being from the Islamic Center of Geneva and U.S. Another participant in the eulogy whose name is not as yet known was.” escribed as being/a representative of the Mosk€m Students of &S. ‘and “Canada, Among se in attendance at the service at the church wer ‘follows: Jamesifarmer of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); Bayard | *Ragtin, Deputy Director of "March on Washington ugust, 1963" Dick , egory, a well-known Negro comedian; and Joh wis, leader ofaStudent Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. Various representatives of the ; National Urban League whose identities are not as yet known were f allegedly present, oe DN —_ - " The church service ended at 11:10 a.m., 2/27/65, and the funers précession proceeded to Ferncliff Cemetery at Hartsdale, Westchester Cdinty, New York, NYCPD members escorted the funeral entourage to the New York City line at Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, where New York State Police took over the escort to the cemetery. At.the cemetery, officers of the Greenburg, New York, Police Department (which covers the area of Hartsdale, New York) took over at the cemetery site . ; Wg tus pe 00= IF PIL I— 33 IVWdbe/age} * hes ie a 6 Lf ®) % fee ' CONTINUED = OVER a % A a} | se ae ATER ata et PUTT ES en