Abernathy, Donzaleigh, intervieweeAbernathy, Juandalynn R., intervieweeAbernathy, Ralph David, 1959- intervieweeJeffries, Hasan Kwame, 1973- interviewerCivil Rights History Project (U.S.)United States, 39.76, -98.5United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387982013Donzaleigh Abernathy, Juandalynn Abernathy, and Ralph Abernathy, III, recall their father, Ralph David Abernathy and their own experiences as children in the Civil Rights Movement. The Abernathy children spent much of their childhoods with the children of Martin Luther King, Jr. Unlike the King children, the Abernathy siblings actively participated in direct action, including the Poor People's Campaign. All three children felt palpably the fear of violence in their everyday lives. This interview offers an intimate portrait of the home of a civil rights icon and of the intense friendship between Abernathy and King.Recorded in Atlanta, Georgia, and Stuttgart, Germany on October 10, 2013.Civil Rights History Project Collection (AFC 2010/039), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.Donzaleigh Abernathy is an actress, producer, director, and writer in Los Angeles, California.Juandalynn R. Abernathy is an opera, concert, and African-American spirituals singer.Ralph David Abernathy, III, is a social justice activist, and a former Georgia State Senator and member of the State House of Representative.The Civil Rights History Project is a joint project of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil Rights movement.In English.Finding aid https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af013005enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0108Southern Christian Leadership ConferenceAfrican American civil rights workers--InterviewsCivil rights movements--AlabamaCivil rights movements--United StatesMontgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956School integration--Georgia--AtlantaAbernathy family oral history interview conducted by Hasan Kwame Jeffries in Atlanta, Georgia, and Stuttgart, Germany, 2013 October 10MovingImage