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Stuyvesant Heights community mourns civil rights activist and pastor

? Hundreds of Brooklyn residents and religious leaders from around the world gathered in Stuyvesant Heights to say goodbye to reverend and civil rights activist William A. Jones at his funeral Friday.

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Feb 10, 2006, 7:15 PM

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