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D avid Ralph Abernathy. A civil-rights leader By : Braden. Birth. 1926, March 11in L inden, Alabama He was the son of a farmer. Early Life. Served in army in world war 2 After war, he went to Alabama State University Then’ after college he became a Baptist minister - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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David Ralph AbernathyA civil-rights leader
By: Braden
Birth
1926, March 11in Linden, Alabama
He was the son of a farmer
Early Life
Served in army in world war 2 After war, he went to Alabama State
University Then’ after college he became a
Baptist minister He became very good friends with
Martin Luther King Jr.
Friend to Friend
succeeded him as SCLC president
a week after Martin Luther King Jr. died, Abernathy led a march to support striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee
Abernathy resigned in 1977 amid accusations of financial mismanagement, leaving a once substantial and prominent civil rights organization in decline
SADLY, DEATH CAME
He died in Atlanta on April 17, 1990.
Died from Heart Failure
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