Jackson, who was elected the first black mayor of Atlanta in 1973 and transformed urban politics in America by forcing the city's white business elite to open doors to minorities, died Monday at 65.
Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin said she had gotten inquiries from members of Congress and other prominent officials about the funeral arrangements.
Al Anderson, a spokesman for the Jackson family, said many dignitaries planned to attend the funeral but that their names would be withheld until Saturday morning because of security reasons.
Jackson's eulogy will be delivered by the Reverend Otis Moss Junior, pastor of the Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and chairman of Morehouse College's board of trustees.
The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center, followed by burial in Oakland Cemetery. The funeral will be open to the public.
The public will also get two other opportunities to pay their respects to Jackson.
Thursday, his body will lie in City Hall from noon until 8 p.m. for public viewing. On Friday, his body will lie at Morehouse College. Jackson graduated there in 1956.
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