- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Ralph David Abernathy and Jesse Jackson
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1970/1980
- Subject:
- Religious services--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights leaders--Georgia
Preachers--Georgia--Atlanta
Church vestments
Clergy--Georgia--Atlanta
Microphone
Churches--Georgia--Atlanta
Jackson, Jesse, 1941- - People:
- Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Reverend Ralph David Abernathy standing at a church pulpit with civil rights leader Jesse Jackson (second from right) in the background in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ralph David Abernathy (1926-1990) was a civil rights leader and close associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Abernathy served as Secretary-Treasurer and then Vice President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) under King's tenure as President of the organization. After King's assassination in 1968, Abernathy succeeded him as SCLC President and served in that capacity until 1977. In 1968, Abernathy helped organize the Poor People's Campaign (PPC) March on Washington, D.C. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.061.003
ahc1010061003.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/191
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:191/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: MSS 602, Boyd Lewis Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Extent:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
