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Person · 1926–1990

Ralph Abernathy

Martin Luther King's closest partner, who co-founded the SCLC and led the Poor People's Campaign after his death.

King's partner in [[black-leadership]].

Ralph Abernathy was at King's side from Montgomery to Memphis, co-founded the SCLC, and succeeded King as its president, carrying out the 1968 Poor People's Campaign.

Political Leadership

On the timeline

  1. January 10, 1957
    The SCLC is founded

    Dr. King and allies form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

  2. May 12, 1968
    The Poor People's Campaign

    King's last crusade, carried on after his death, builds Resurrection City on the National Mall to demand economic justice for all poor Americans.

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