What is Ralph Abernathy?
[[File:Ralph Abernathy portrait by Robert Templeton.jpg|right|200px]] '''Ralph David Abernathy Sr.''' (March 11, 1926&nbsp;– April 17, 1990) was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was ordained in the Baptist tradition in 1948. He was born in [[Linden, Alabama]]. He was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. He opposed [[abortion]]. A [[Christian]], he opposed [[pornography]] and the [[sexual revolution]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=When Ralph Abernathy Took His Stand|url=https://www.educationviews.org/when-ralph-abernathy-took-his-stand/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606060856/https://www.educationviews.org/when-ralph-abernathy-took-his-stand/|archive-date=2019-06-06|access-date=2023-04-09|website=www.educationviews.org}}</ref> in addition to [[illegal immigration]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Illegal Immigration: It's About Power|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUU2iWxrH2M|language=en|access-date=2023-04-09}}</ref> As a leader of the [[Civil Rights Movement|civil rights movement]], he was a close friend and mentor of [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] He worked with King to create the [[Montgomery Improvement Association]] which led to the [[Montgomery bus boycott]]. He also co-founded and was an executive board member of the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]] (SCLC). He became president of the SCLC following the [[assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.|assassination of King]] in 1968. He led the [[Poor People's Campaign]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] He was an advisory committee member of the [[Congress on Racial Equality]] (CORE). Abernathy died on April 17, 1990 of [[heart disease]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]] at the age of 64.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ralph David Abernathy, Rights Pioneer, Is Dead at 64 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0311.html|work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 18, 1990 |access-date=August 1, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531092121/http://www.n