Ralph Abernathy

Ralph David Abernathy [ æbɚnæθɪ ] ( born March 11, 1926 in Linden, Alabama, † April 17, 1990 in Atlanta, Georgia) was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. From 1955 he took, soon as a close friend of Martin Luther King, Jr., in the civil rights movement for equal rights for African Americans (Civil rights movement ) part.

From 1968 to 1977 he was president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Since 1971 he has worked in the Christian Peace Conference (CFRP ) with.

The actress Donzaleigh Abernathy is his youngest daughter.

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