CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A number of politicians and public figures will be on hand to say goodbye to a local civil rights legend.
The public viewing for local historian and activist Timuel Black will take place Thursday afternoon, between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., at the AA Rayner and Sons Funeral Home near 71st and Calumet on Chicago's South Side.
The private funeral is Friday morning at the First Unitarian Church of Chicago at 56th and Woodlawn.
Mayor Lightfoot and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle are expected to speak. Fr. Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church will deliver the eulogy.
A public memorial service is planned for Dec. 5 at the University of Chicago's Rockefeller Chapel.
Timuel Black died Oct. 13 at the age of 102.
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