Biography:A close friend of Martin Luther King Jr., Abernathy and King co-founded the Montgomery Improvement Association to support the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1957 in Alabama.
Abernathy became president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference upon King's assassination in 1968, an organization they had both co-founded.
Abernathy was also a key negotiator in the peace deal to end the stand-off between the FBI and the leaders of the American Indian Movement at Wounded Knee in 1973.
Born:March 11, 1926 Birthplace:Linden, Alabama, USA
Died:April 17, 1990 (aged 64) Cause of Death: Blood clot
Historical Events
1955-12-05 Montgomery Improvement Association formed by Ralph Abernathy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Edgar Nixon to support the Montgomery bus protest in Montgomery, Alabama
1956-12-21 Montgomery bus boycott ends: Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy, E. D. Nixon, and Glenn Smiley ride in new integrated bus after Supreme Court rules segregated buses unconditional
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