Ralph Abernathy
Ralph Abernathy
Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, Sr.was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, a minister, and Martin Luther King Jr.'s closest friend. In 1955, he collaborated with King to create the Montgomery Improvement Association, which would lead to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. In 1957, Abernathy co-founded, and was an executive board member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Following the assassination of King, Abernathy became president of the SCLC. As president of the SCLC, he led the Poor People's Campaign in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth11 March 1926
CityLinden, AL
CountryUnited States of America
Ralph Abernathy quotes about
It's not the name they call you, it's the name you answer to.
I'm sick and tired of black and white people of good intent giving aspirin to a society that is dying of a cancerous disease.
Bring on your tear gas, bring on your grenades, your new supplies of Mace, your state troopers and even your national guards. But let the record show we ain't going to be turned around.
I have suffered as much as Martin Luther King. Only I didn't get the bullet. And I would have taken the bullet if I could have.
You may be assured that we won't ever let your words die. Like the words of our Master, Jesus Christ, they will live in our minds and our hearts and in the souls of black men and white men, brown men and yellow men as long as time shall last.
I wanted to show that Martin Luther King was simply a human being, not a god, not a saint.
History will treat me right.