Jews as well as Negro leaders, including Dr. Ralphe J. Bunche, Under Secretary of the United Nations and Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, were denounced here yesterday at a three-hour “funeral service” for the slain Patrice Lumumba, former Premier of the Congo. The “funeral” was sponsored by the United African Nationalist Movement, headed by James Lawson.
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