- Title
- Ralph Abernathy
- Description
- Abernathy was a civil rights activist and close advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Abernathy helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. After King's assassination, Abernathy led the 1968 Poor People's Campaign in Washington, DC that fought for economic justice for the poorest Americans. Protesters occupied the Mall for 6 weeks in small huts near the Washington Monument, known as Resurrection City, until late June when the group was removed by police.
- Creator
- Ralph Abernathy
- Source
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. View original photograph.
- Coverage
- 1950-1979
- birthday
- 03/11/1926
