Abernathy

American  

[ab-er-nath-ee] / ˈæb ərˌnæθ i /

noun

1. Ralph (David), 1926–90, U.S. clergyman and civil rights leader.

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Example Sentences

It focuses on Haymitch Abernathy’s plight during the 50th Hunger Games, known as the Second Quarter Quell, when he became District 12’s second victor.

From Los Angeles Times

Abernathy, played by Woody Harrelson, is mentor to Katniss and Peeta in the original series.

From Los Angeles Times

In the prequel, Joseph Zada will play Abernathy.

From Los Angeles Times

I suspect that King, Bevel, Walker, Shuttlesworth, Abernathy and the other civil rights leaders in Birmingham knew that using high school students involved enormous risk, but those students already lived under segregation and racism and were walking in the shoes of others who had been similarly courageous in the past and this, of course, would be their contribution to civil rights.

From Salon

We can reflect on a momentous decision by Martin Luther King, Jr., James Bevel, Wyatt Walker, Fred Shuttlesworth, Ralph Abernathy, and other civil rights leaders in Birmingham, Alabama, in the spring of 1963.

From Salon