Mayor Vincent C. Gray, U.S. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Council member Marion Barry all were seated in the pulpit of the Goodwill Baptist Church to pay tribute to Guyot, a man who went from being a Mississippi activist during the bloodiest chapter of the civil rights movement to a community leader in the city for decades.
“Lawrence Guyot was an unsung hero among thousands of unsung heroes who were not looking for anything. They were there because they loved freedom,” Barry said during the memorial service, which attracted hundreds, including civil rights veterans, community leaders and elected officials.
