Does this photo show former President Bill Clinton, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton, and others at Rep. John Lewis' funeral on July 30, 2020, without face masks? No, that's not true: This is an old photo taken at the funeral for Jesse Jackson's mother, Helen Burns Jackson, in 2015.
The claim originated in a post (archived here) where it was published on by Daily Political Newswire on Facebook on August 5, 2020. It read:
July 30, 2020
Funeral
NOT A MASK IN SITE
IS ANYONE AWAKE YET
This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing:
(Source: Facebook screenshot taken on Thu Aug 6 15:16:07 2020 UTC)
The caption does not refer to Rep. Lewis directly, but his funeral was on July 30, 2020, and Clinton, Jackson, and Sharpton attended.
The photo used in the meme was taken of these men in September 2015, as described in an article from the Greenville, South Carolina, News:
In the photo, you can see Rev. Jackson holding the pamphlet that features a photo of his mother, Burns Jackson. Below is the photo of Burns Jackson that is on the pamphlet:
Photos and video from the Lewis funeral in July 2020 show guests -- including Clinton -- wearing masks. Here, Clinton can be seen wearing a mask at the funeral:
The caption that accompanies this photo reads:
President Bill Clinton in attendance for Rep. John Lewis' funeral on Thursday. PHOTO: ALYSSA POINTER/AP/SHUTTERSTOCK
