April 9, 1996

Secretary Brown Memorial Service

The memorial service for Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, held at the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Washington D.C.. Brown was killed in the… read more

The memorial service for Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, held at the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Washington D.C.. Brown was killed in the crash of a U.S. Air Force jet in Croatia that took 34 lives. He was leading a delegation to explore business opportunities in the war-torn region of the former Yugoslavia. close

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Kent Amos President Urban Family Institute
Marion Barry Mayor (Former) [D] District of Columbia

Thomas Boggs Jr. Attorney Patton, Boggs and Blow
Ron Brown Secretary (Former) Department of Commerce
Willie L. Brown Jr. Mayor San Francisco, CA
Kenneth I. Chenault President American Express->Travel Services
Henry Cisneros Secretary Department of Housing and Urban Development
Vincent Cohen Friend
Maudine Cooper President Washington Urban League
Lynn Cutler Vice Chair Democratic National Committee
David N. Dinkins Mayor (Former) New York, NY
Lauri Fitz-Pegado Assistant Secretary Department of Commerce
Donald Fowler Chair Democratic National Committee
Charlene Goines Friend
Earl Graves Publisher and Editor Black Enterprise
Bryant Gumbel Talk Show Host NBC Television->Today Show
Pamela Harriman Ambassador United States->France
Beecher Hicks Minister Metropolitan Baptist Church
Jesse Jackson Founder Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. President (Former) National Urban League
Mickey Kantor Trade Representative (Former) Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Ted Kennedy U.S. Senator [D] Massachusetts
Charles Manatt Chair (Former) Democratic National Committee
Tom Mehan College Roommate
Kweisi Mfume President and CEO National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Eleanor Holmes Norton Congressional Delegate [D] District of Columbia
Hazel R. O'Leary Secretary Department of Energy
Federico F. Pena Secretary Department of Transportation
Wintley A. Phipps Singer Gospel
Charles B. Rangel U.S. Representative [D] New York
Anita Sanders Official Department of Commerce
Franklin Sonn Ambassador (Former) South Africa->United States
Rob Stein Chief of Staff (Former) Department of Commerce
Carl Wagner President Wagner Communications
Paul Weber Friend
L. Douglas Wilder Governor (Former) [D] Virginia
Buddy Wilkinson Relative Ron Brown

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Program ID:: 71135-1
Category:: Public Affairs Event
Format:: Ceremony
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Apr 09, 1996 | 7:13pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:: Apr 10, 1996 | 10:12am EDT | C-SPAN 1

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Apr 09, 1996 | 7:13pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Apr 10, 1996 | 10:12am EDT | C-SPAN 1

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