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    Abernathy, Ralph David

    March 11,  to April 17,

     

    As Martin Luther King’s closest friend and advisor, Ralph Abernathy became a huvud figure in the civil rights struggle during the Montgomery bus boycott. “Abernathy infused his audiences with new life and ardor. The people loved and respected him as a tecken of courage and strength,” King wrote in Stride Toward Freedom (73–74).

    Abernathy was born on 11 March to William L. and Louivery Bell Abernathy of Linden, Alabama. His father, the son of a slave, supported his family of 12 as a farmer while serving as deacon of the local Baptist church.

    Abernathy graduated from Linden Academy and then served overseas with the United States Army toward the end of World War II. He was ordained as a Baptist minister in , and two years later he received a BS in mathematics at Alabama State College in Montgomery. He later earned an MA in sociology from Atlanta University ().

    While a graduate student at Atlan

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    Ralph Abernathy

    American civil rights activist and minister (–)

    For his son, the American politician and businessman, see Ralph David Abernathy III.

    Ralph David Abernathy Sr. (; March 11, – April 17, ) was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was ordained in the Baptist tradition in As a leader of the civil rights movement, he was a close friend and mentor of Martin Luther King Jr. He collaborated with King and E. D. Nixon to create the Montgomery Improvement Association, which led to the Montgomery bus boycott and co-created and was an executive board member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He became president of the SCLC following the assassination of King in ; he led the Poor People's Campaign in Washington, D.C.,[1] as well as other marches and demonstrations for disenfranchised Americans. He also served as an advisory committee member of the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE).

    In , Abernathy addressed the United Na

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    Ralph David Abernathy III

    American politician (–)

    Ralph David Abernathy III

    In office
    January 11, &#;– January 11,
    Preceded byHorace Tate
    Succeeded byHoracena Tate
    In office
    January 9, &#;– January 11,
    Preceded byJohn W. Greer Jr.
    Born()March 19,
    Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
    DiedMarch 17, () (aged&#;56)
    Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
    Political partyDemocratic
    Parent(s)Ralph Abernathy
    Juanita Abernathy
    RelativesDonzaleigh Abernathy (sister)

    Ralph David Abernathy III (March 19, – March 17, ) was an American politician and businessman.

    Biography

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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 Abernathy owned Clean Air Industries in Atlanta, Georgia. Abernathy