Abernathy
Americannoun
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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 • Apr. 18, 2025
“There’s plenty of people back there being lobbyists,” said Abernathy, who hired McCarthy in 1987 as an intern in then-Rep.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2024
“Today we have only 6,000 surviving newspapers, many struggling to survive,” said the report “The State of Local News 2023,” authored by Penelope Muse Abernathy.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023
“The tables were turned — I’ve never seen it happen,” Abernathy said.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023
On February 1, King was himself arrested during a demonstration and led to jail with his associate the Reverend Ralph Abernathy.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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