Civil rights leader Rev. Ralph Abernathy, in short sleeves, leads the Poor People's March to the edge of the grounds of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, June 24, 1968. Abernathy and his ...

In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy led a march through the streets of Birmingham, Alabama. Both were arrested and placed in solitary confinement. There, MLK penned his famously ...

Actress, author and activist Donzaleigh Abernathy was this year’s keynote speaker. Abernathy is the daughter of American Civil Rights Movement co-founder Rev. Ralph Abernathy and the goddaughter of ...