An Essay On Ralph D. Abernathy's Cry

Ralph D. Abernathy, the man who said “There will be no quiet or peace in this land until justice ,and equality covers the United States of America as the water covers the seas.” Ralph D. Abernathy was a Baptist minister who help founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and he also was a close adviser and a best friend to Martin Luther King Jr. Abernathy was born March 11, 1926, in Linden, Alabama and he was one of the twelve kids and the son of a slave. Ralph father William Abernathy was a former slave and the first African American to vote and the first to serve grand jury. However, Ralph father served in a church as a deacon and later in years ralph wanted to become a preacher in the church. At a early age Ralph Abernathy wanted to become a preacher and his mother was a major encouragement throughout that dream. Honestly, Ralph had knew a preacher was always the person he admired the most when
Abernathy was also best friends with Martin Luther King Jr. and this happened while they were in Montgomery. Ralph met Martin Luther King when he became a minister at a church nearby while Ralph mentor him on some days. Over the years they formed an incredible bond and they both wanted to become leaders for the Civil Rights Movement. Later that year in 1995, King and Abernathy started a boycott and the boycott brought violence to the country, and while the boycott was going on Abernathy home and his church was bomb by the bomb blast.1957, Abernathy and King were involved in a organization called Southern Leadership Conference and King was the president and Abernathy was the vice president. However ,once the bomb happened King took his civil rights effort to Atlanta and Abernathy followed ,and they both start working at a church called West Hunter Street Baptist Church. Abernathy the activist , he was fighting and protesting for his rights and the people rights. Ralph was arrested 17 times and overtime he got arrested he was always by King’s