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