Former presidents and preachers joined a parade
of pop stars Friday in a singing, hip-swaying,
piano-pounding farewell to Aretha Franklin,
remembering the Queen of Soul as a powerful
force for musical and political change and a
steadfast friend.
"Aretha's singing challenged the dangling
discords of hate and lies and racism and
injustice," said the pastor William J. Barber II.
"Her singing was revelation and was revolution."