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Quick Facts
- NAME: Ralph D Abernathy
- OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist, Pastor
- BIRTH DATE: March 11, 1926
- DEATH DATE: April 17, 1990
- EDUCATION: Alabama State University, Atlanta University
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Linden, Alabama
- PLACE OF DEATH: Atlanta, Georgia
Best Known For
Ralph D. Abernathy was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s chief aide and closest associate during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and '60s.
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Baptist preacher Ralph D. Abernathy was brought up on a farm in rural Alabama. In 1948, he became ordained as a Baptist minister and by '51, lead the First Baptist Church in Montgomery. In 1955, Abernathy and Martin Luther King Jr. organized a boycott of the city's bus system. The two later founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference together. His autobiography was released in 1989.© 2012 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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