Ralph Abernathy
Minister, Organization founder
1926 – 1990
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Who was Ralph Abernathy?
Ralph David Abernathy, Sr. was a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, a minister, and a close associate of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Following King's assassination, Dr. Abernathy took up the leadership of the SCLC Poor People's Campaign and led the March on Washington, D.C., that had been planned for May 1968.
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- Born
- Mar 11, 1926
Linden - Also known as
- Reverend Doctor Ralph David Abernathy
- Ralph David Abernathy, Sr.
- Ralph David Abernathy
- Reverend Dr. Ralph D. Abernathy
- Ralph D. Abernathy
- Ralph David
- Rev. Ralph David Abernathy
- Rev. Ralph Abernathy
- Parents
- Spouses
- Juanita Abernathy
(1952/08/31 - 1990/04/17)
- Juanita Abernathy
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Clark Atlanta University
- Alabama State University
- Lived in
- Atlanta
- Died
- Apr 17, 1990
Atlanta
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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