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Funeral For Civil Rights Icon Timuel Black Friday Morning At 11:00

CHICAGO (CBS) -- On Thursday, people are paid their respects to civil rights icon Timuel Black.

He died earlier this month at the age of 102. Black's public viewing was at AA Rayner and Sons Funeral Home on 71st Street.

His private funeral will be Friday at 11:00, at the First Unitarian Church of Chicago on South Woodlawn. Father Michael Pfleger will deliver the eulogy. The service will be live-streamed. There will be a public memorial in December at the University of Chicago.

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