GA SR910

Georgia Senate honors Rev. Dr. Ralph David Abernathy Sr. (March 11, 1926 – April 17, 1990), a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement

Co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and served as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s trusted partner in organizing nonviolent protests against segregation

Served in the U.S. Army during World War II and later pastored West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta

Assumed presidency of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference after Dr. King's assassination in 1968 and led the Poor People's Campaign

Secretary of the Senate directed to distribute copies of the resolution to honor his memory