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In the beginning, Abernathy was the pastor at the First Baptist Church that organized the first mass meeting, and by the time the boycott had ended, three years later, his church and his house were bombed Like Dr. King, Abernathy and his family were in constant danger throughout the years. [...] he joined the entourage of another boxer in the early 1960s, a young heavyweight, known then as Cassius Clay, who had just won an Olympic gold medal in the light heavyweight division.
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Unsung Heroes
REVEREND RALPH DAVID ABERNATHY (Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) was inexorably linked to Dr. Martin Luther King in words, works and deeds. Wherever Dr. King went Abernathy was always next to him or close by. They had known each other since their school days in Atlanta but their relationship grew from the first mass meeting in the mid-1950s that became the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)-of which Abernathy was the vice president. They were close friends and lifelong partners in the Civil Rights Struggle; they remained inseparable until Dr. King's death. He died in Abernathy's arms.
In the beginning, Abernathy was the pastor at the First Baptist Church that organized the first mass meeting, and by the time the boycott had ended, three years later, his church and his house were bombed Like Dr. Kin...See the full content of this document
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