Ralph Abernathy
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Photograph of civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy speaking on April 9, 1968, at a press conference held during the week of Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral in Atlanta, Georgia.Abernathy was Martin Luther King Jr.'s chief partner in the civil rights movement. He helped to organize the Montgomery bus boycott and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
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New Georgia Encyclopedia
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Digital Library of Georgia