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Abernathy, Ralph D. , 1926-1990 (Minister)
- Title
- Abernathy, Ralph D. , 1926-1990 (Minister): clippings.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Use in library | Sc VF: Part 3 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference - Desk |
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- Additional Authors
- New York Public Library. Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
- Description
- 1 folder.
- Summary
- Clipping and miscellaneous material about Abernathy, Ralph; David Abernathy; clergyman and civil rights leader, drafted into the armed services and enlisted as Ralph David Abernathy. Served as dean of men at Alabama State and minister of a small congregation at Eastern Star Baptist Church in Demopolis, later at the First Baptist Church; became program chairman of the newly organized Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA); served as secretary-treasurer Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); assumed the presidency of SCLC after the assasination of Martin Luther King Jr.; in the 1980s, he broke ranks with most black leaders to support Ronald Reagan’s presidential candidacy; died 17 April 1990 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States).
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Clippings.
- Note
- Compiled by: Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Part 3 collected from 1989-
- Call Number
- Sc VF: Part 3
- Title
- Abernathy, Ralph D. , 1926-1990 (Minister): clippings.
- Added Author
- New York Public Library. Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
- Research Call Number
- Sc VF: Part 3