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EUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPECIAL/Donzaleigh Abernathy: A Daughter's Reflections of a Civil Rights Icon


In 1954,
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wasn’t the civil rights icon he would eventually become.  At the time, King was in his mid-20s and served as the new pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.  A well-known pastor in Montgomery mentored King.  The mentor was
Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, Sr., senior pastor of First Baptist Church, one of Montgomery’s oldest Black congregations.  Abernathy and King became close friends.
“My father taught him how to pastor, how to lead a church,” said
Donzaleigh Abernathy, daughter of Ralph and Juanita Abernathy.  “He taught him how to administer communion.” ....

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