Donzaleigh Abernathy, 2024
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Description
Donzaleigh Abernathy is the youngest daughter of the American Civil Rights Movement Co-Founder Rev. Dr. Ralph David Abernathy, Sr. and Dr. Juanita Jones Abernathy. She was born in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement as her father and his best friend, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. were establishing the nonviolent social movement which changed the course of American History. She and her siblings participated in and witnessed all of the major Civil Rights Marches and events, including the Freedom Riders, the 1963 March On Washington, the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March for “The Right to Vote,” the James Meredith Mississippi “March Against Fear,” the Chicago Housing Demonstrations, the Memphis March to commemorate the Life of MLK and more. In 2004, she authored, Partners To History, Martin Luther King, Ralph David Abernathy and the Civil Rights Movement, which was nominated as one of the “Best Books for Young Adults” by the American Library Association. She was a contributing author to the Smithsonian Institute’s book In the Spirit of Martin. She won the “Tanne Foundation Award” for her work as an Actress and screenwriter of her screenplay, “Birmingham Sunday.”
Location: Johnson Commons Ballroom
Publication Date
10-1-2024
Relational Format
poster
Recommended Citation
Abernathy, Donzaleigh, "Donzaleigh Abernathy, 2024" (2024). James H. Meredith Lecture Series. 2.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/meredith_lecture/2