1. Abernathy in the Civil Rights Movement
During the Civil Rights movement, Abernathy was a treasurer and vice president in the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference). After the devastating assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. of 1968, Abernathy took on the Presidential position of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. ... He was treasurer, vice president, and, after King's assassination (1968), president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). ...
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