Background
Abernathy, Ralph David was born on March 11, 1926 in Linden, Alabama, United States. Son of W.L. and Louivery (Bell) Abernathy.
( Originally published in 1989, this beautifully written ...)
Originally published in 1989, this beautifully written autobiography of the Rev. Dr. Ralph David AbernathyMartin Luther King Jr.'s partner and eventual successornot only tells his own story but also expounds on the leaders he knew intimately, including King, Jesse Jackson, Andrew Young, and Lyndon Johnson, among others. Revealing the planning that went into major protests and the negotiations that brought them to a close, Abernathy chronicles a movement, recalling the bitter defeats they faced, the misery and deaths they suffered. Amidst these struggles, though, he celebrates the victories that integrated communities, gave economic and political power to the disenfranchised, and brought hope to people who had not dreamed of it. Throughout, Abernathy's close relationship with King is central to the storyand to the civil rights movement. In 1956, when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, it was Abernathy who enlisted King to join the protest. Together, they led the landmark bus boycott for 381 days, during which Abernathy’s house was bombed and his church dynamited. From there, the two helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and they were jailed together more than 40 times. Their protests and marches took them all over the SouthSelma, Albany, Birminghamand to Washington and Chicago as well. An unsung hero of his era, Abernathy's inspiring memoir ultimately shows how their victories, and even their setbacks, led to social and legislative changes across the entire country.
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Abernathy, Ralph David was born on March 11, 1926 in Linden, Alabama, United States. Son of W.L. and Louivery (Bell) Abernathy.
Bachelor of Science, Alabama State College, 1950. Master of Arts in Sociology, Atlanta University, 1951. Doctor of Laws, Allen University, South Carolina, 1960.
Doctor of Laws, Southampton College. Doctor of Laws, Long Island University, 1969. Doctor of Laws, Alabama State University, Montgomery, 1974.
Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Morehouse College, 1971. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Kalamazoo College, 1978.
Personnel counselor, instructor social science, Alabama State College, 1951; ordained to ministry Baptist Church, 1948; pastor, First Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama, 1951-1961; pastor, West Hunter St. Baptist Church, Atlanta, 1961-1990.
( Originally published in 1989, this beautifully written ...)
Organizer Montgomery Improvement Association, 1955, initiator business boycott, Montgomery, 1955, an organizer, 1957. Since financial secretary-treasurer Southern Christian Leadership Conference, vice president at large, then president, 1968-1977. Leader Poor People's Campaign, Resurrection City, Washington, 1968.
Chairman Commision on Racism and Apartheid. Addressed United Nations, 1971. Member Atlanta Ministers Union.
Organizer, chairman Operation Breadbasket, Atlanta. Member of advisory committee Congress of Racial Equality. Participant World Peace Council Presidential Committee Meeting, Santiago, Chile, 1972.
Active local American Red Cross, American Cancer Society, Young Men's Christian Association. Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Kappa Alpha Psi, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Juanita Odessa Jones, August 31, 1952. Children: Juandalynn Ralpheda, Donzaleigh Avis, Ralph David III, Kwame Luthuli.