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Aretha Franklin’s family has condemned comments made during the singer’s eulogy last week as “offensive and distasteful.”
The “Queen of Soul” died August 16 at the age of 76 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
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Rev. Jasper Williams Jr. at Aretha Franklin's funeral.
The Rev. Jasper Williams Jr., senior pastor of Salem Baptist Church, delivered Franklin’s eulogy at her funeral at Detroit’s Greater Grace Temple on Friday.
Family, friends, musicians and religious and political leaders attended the “celebration of life” service, which was also live-streamed, with portions broadcast by major networks.
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In his eulogy, Williams spoke on the state of black America, saying it had lost its soul and that Franklin was calling on her race to turn its direction around.
Williams referenced black-on-black crime and killings in particular.
“If you choose to ask me today ‘do Black Lives Matter?’ let me answer like this: No, black lives do not matter. Black lives will not matter. Black lives ought not matter. Black lives should not matter, black lives must not matter until black people start respecting black lives and stop killing ourselves, black lives can never matter,” he said.
Commenting on solo parenting, he said: “A black woman cannot raise a black boy to be a man.”
“Right in your own neighborhoods, where your church is, there are struggling single moms, that don’t know what to do. That needs a man in the house through mentoring programs and parenting our children, we can turn black America around,” he said. “The Queen of Soul has spoken now, time now for black America to come back home.”
Franklin had four sons, the first of whom was born when she was 12 years old.
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Aretha Franklin lies in her casket Tuesday at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, which is in Detroit.
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Pallbearers carry Franklin's casket out of Greater Grace Temple at the end of her funeral service on Friday. Mourners made their way through the center of the church as Jennifer Holliday and the Aretha Franklin Celebration Choir performed Franklin's hit "Climbing Higher Mountains."
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Stevie Wonder performs at Franklin's funeral on Friday. He began by playing the harmonica before singing, "I'll Be Loving You Always."
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Jennifer Hudson sings "Amazing Grace" at Franklin's funeral on Friday.
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Former US President Bill Clinton praised the values and virtues Franklin lived by and said, "She cared about broken people." He then put his phone to the microphone and played Franklin's 1968 hit "Think," which features Franklin singing about freedom.
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Singer Chaka Khan performs at Franklin's funeral on Friday. She sang "I'm Going Up Yonder," which was originally sung by Tramaine Hawkins in 1994.
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Jordan Franklin, Franklin's grandson, pauses alongside his sister Victorie while speaking at the funeral on Friday.
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Ariana Grande performs Franklin's hit "Natural Woman" during Franklin's funeral service on Friday.
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends Franklin's funeral on Friday.
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Former President Bill Clinton talks with the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday.
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Faith Hill was the first celebrity performer to sing during Franklin's funeral on Friday. Hill performed "What a Friend We Have in Jesus."
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From left, Louis Farrakhan, the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson attend Franklin's funeral.
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Dozens of pink Cadillac owners lined up outside the Greater Grace Temple for Franklin's funeral on Friday. They were honoring Franklin's 1985 hit single "Freeway of Love" -- specifically the verse "We goin' ridin' on the freeway of love in my pink Cadillac."
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Franklin's body is driven away from the New Bethel Baptist Church after a final public viewing in Detroit on Thursday. The church was once led by her father, the Rev. C.L. Franklin.
