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Ralph Abernathy
Age: 64 †
Born: 1926
Born: March 21
Died: 1990
Died: April 17
Civil Rights Advocate
Human Rights Activist
Minister
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Theologian
Linden
Alabama
Ralph David Abernathy
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I will always be open to receive my friends. I will not force myself on them.
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