ATLANTA — Relatives of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led more than 1,000 people on a march Monday in downtown Atlanta, where large crowds gathered 50 years earlier for the slain civil rights leader’s funeral procession as a mule-drawn wagon pulled his casket through the streets.

On Monday, people sang the spiritual ‘‘This Little Light of Mine’’ and waved signs with slogans such as ‘‘Nobody’s Free Until Everybody’s Free’’ as the march left Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King once preached.

Two of King’s children, the Rev. Bernice King and Martin Luther King III, locked arms as they walked at the front of the march.

King’s granddaughter, Yolanda Renee King, and the Rev. Al Sharpton also took part in the march covering just over 1 mile to the grounds of the Georgia State Capitol.

The events Monday in Atlanta followed a host of tributes honoring the slain civil rights leader last week. Cities across the United States marked the 50th anniversary of King’s death.

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