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I have suffered as much as Martin Luther King. Only I didn't get the bullet. And I would have taken the bullet if I could have.

Ralph Abernathy

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Ralph Abernathy
Age: 64 †
Born: 1926
Born: March 21
Died: 1990
Died: April 17
Civil Rights Advocate
Human Rights Activist
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Linden
Alabama
Ralph David Abernathy
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