DETROIT (AP) — Elected officials, religious leaders, music stars and Detroit sports heroes gathered Monday at a church to remember longtime U.S. Rep. John Conyers.

Former President Bill Clinton, civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were among the speakers at Conyers’ funeral at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. They were joined by several current and former members of Congress.

“I’d like to thank the people of Detroit for electing him 27 times,” Clinton said of Conyers, who died Oct. 27 at his Detroit home two years after resigning from Congress. “I’d like to thank you for giving him the space and support not just to represent his district but to represent people across the country and even around the world on the things we should all care about.”

“He was out there banging the drum against apartheid in South Africa long before it was a widely popular cause,” Clinton added. “He always supported the people of Haiti even when he couldn’t support their government. He worked for all of our cities and jobs and employment and opportunity and peace and justice everywhere. Not every district gives their elected representative the elbow room to do all those things.”