Pallbearers lift the casket of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings before his funeral service at New Psalmist Baptist Church, in Baltimore, on Oct. 25, 2019.The body of congressman and civil rights champion Elijah Cummings returned Friday to the church where he worshipped in his beloved Baltimore for a final farewell.
“I felt like it was my civic duty, my responsibility to come and pay respects to a man who has done so much for Baltimore city, so much for the people, trying to keep us together,” said the Rev. Jacqueline Williams, 67, of Baltimore, as she waited in line outside in hopes of securing a seat inside for the service.
Bobby Trotter, a 67-year-old Baltimore resident who lives just outside Cummings’ district, recalled how the congressman helped quell tensions in the city after the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who died after sustaining a spinal injury in a police van.“ was a man that believed in helping people, particularly people that were downtrodden. He stood up. He spoke for them,” Trotter said.
Ya he did some much for himself at the expense of his black constituents. But I'm sure he'll be remembered as a hero of injustice, much of it caused by him.
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