Rev. Ralph Abernathy, left, and Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. lead a column of demonstrators as they attempt to march on city hall in Birmingham, Ala., on April 12, 1963. Police intercepted the ...

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (left) and Rev. Ralph Abernathy (right), leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, are seen being hauled off to a paddy wagon by police following a demonstration in ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King ... The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, King’s good friend and Southern Christian Leadership ...

Abernathy is the daughter of American Civil Rights Movement co-founder Rev. Ralph Abernathy and the goddaughter of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The speaker referred to King as “Uncle Martin” and told ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to town. King was in town to attend the National Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress. Dr. O. Clay Maxwell, a New York pastor, was elected president of the ...

Martin Luther King Jr was born in the United ... From left are Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson, King and Ralph Abernathy. Charles Kelly/AP Assassination of MLK Jr photo ...

As many of us enjoy the day off for Martin Luther ... at the icon includes King’s friends and family as commentators, among them Coretta Scott King, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Julian Bond, and ...