American civil rights leader Ralph David Abernathy founded the southern Christian leadership conference and served as its and president from 1968 to 1977.
Reverend Ralph David Abernathy Sr. was an American Baptist minister and civil rights activist. He was a close associate of Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior, during the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_A... American civil rights leader Ralph David Abernathy founded the southern Christian leadership conference and served as its and president from 1968 to 1977.
Reverend Ralph David Abernathy Sr. was an American Baptist minister and civil rights activist. He was a close associate of Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior, during the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s.