Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Ralph D. Abernathy Hall at Alabama State Hall is dedicated to him, with a bust of his head in the foyer area. [73] Interstate 20 Ralph David Abernathy Freeway, [74] Abernathy Road, [75] and Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard of Atlanta were named in his honor. [76] Abernathy was portrayed by Ernie Lee Banks in the 1978 miniseries King. [77]
Ralph Abernathy was a leader of the civil rights movement, along with Martin Luther King Jr., whom he met in 1954; [2] they eventually became close friends. [2] Abernathy collaborated with King on many successful nonviolent movements, [3] including their creation of the Montgomery Improvement Association, which led to the Montgomery bus boycott.
Ralph Abernathy, pastor at First Baptist Church (1952-1961). From 1952 to 1961, the church was led by civil rights activist Ralph Abernathy , a good friend of Martin Luther King Jr. , who preached a few blocks away, at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church , from 1954 to 1960.
The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, left, and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. lead a column of demonstrators as they attempt to march on Birmingham, Ala., city hall April 12, 1963. Police intercepted the ...
King and the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, left, are met by reporters as they emerge from the Jefferson County jail in Birmingham, Ala., on Nov. 6, 1967. (Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images)
The Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) was an organization formed on December 5, 1955 by black ministers and community leaders in Montgomery, Alabama.Under the leadership of Ralph Abernathy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Edgar Nixon, the MIA was instrumental in guiding the Montgomery bus boycott by setting up the car pool system that would sustain the boycott, negotiating settlements with ...
When tenor singer, educator, conductor and music director Everett McCorvey was a child in Montgomery, Alabama, his father was a deacon at First Baptist Church, where civil rights activist Rev ...
The service began with Reverend Ralph Abernathy delivering a sermon which called the event "one of the darkest hours of mankind". At his widow's request, King eulogized himself: His last sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church, a recording of his famous "Drum Major Instinct" sermon, given on February 4, 1968, was played at the funeral. In that sermon ...