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Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Abernathy was the son of Ralph Abernathy and Juanita Abernathy, the civil rights activists. He was named "III" after his older brother Ralph David Abernathy Jr. who died in infancy. He received his bachelor's degree in English and Linguistics from Morehouse College in 1981.
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.
After the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, leadership was transferred to Ralph Abernathy, who presided until 1977. Abernathy was replaced by Joseph Lowery who was SCLC president until 1997. In 1997, MLK's son, Martin Luther King III, became the president of SCLC.
Her father was Rev. Dr. Ralph Abernathy, a co-founder and co-leader of the American civil rights movement, and her mother was the life long civil rights activist Juanita Jones Abernathy. [5] She, her sister Juandalynn and brother Ralph David III joined their parents on all the major civil rights marches and witnessed first-hand many significant ...
Sparks was a Black barbershop, half a mile from my first home, in Southwest Atlanta. It sat at a crucial crossroads in Black Atlanta, where Cascade Road became Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard.
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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 ...