CHICAGO — Civil rights Jesse Jackson and Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan are attending the funeral of a Chicago teen beaten to death on his way home from school.

Farrakhan on Saturday called 16-year-old Derrion Albert "a special young man." Jackson said "children deserve safe passage to school."

Officials say Albert was walking to a bus stop after school when a group of teens attacked him during a street fight late last month.

Cell phone video footage shows Albert being kicked and hit with splintered railroad ties. Four teens are charged in his death.

President Barack Obama has said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who once led Chicago Public Schools, will travel to Chicago to talk with local officials.

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CHICAGO (AP) — Civil rights leaders, including NAACP president Benjamin Todd Jealous, are expected to attend the funeral of a 16-year-old Chicago teen whose beating death was captured on camera.

The funeral service for Derrion Albert will be held Saturday on Chicago's South Side. He was fatally beaten by a group of teens outside a community center late last month.

Cell phone video footage taken by a bystander shows a group kicking and hitting Albert with railroad ties after he left school.

Four teens have been charged in the death. They're being held without bond.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson is also expected to speak at the funeral.