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Ralph David Abernathy

Arrest Date 2 February 1956
Arrest Location Montgomery, Alabama
Charge Arrested during the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Historical Record

Ralph Abernathy was arrested at least nineteen times alongside Dr. King. As co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Dr. King’s closest confidant, Abernathy led the Poor People’s Campaign after King’s assassination and occupied the Poor People’s encampment, Resurrection City, until he was himself arrested in June 1968.

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The full Good Trouble profile for Ralph David Abernathy — including sourced archival photography, expanded biographical history, and complete arrest record — is in development. This page will be updated as the archive grows.

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