Dr. Ralph Abernathy Speaks

Dr. Ralph Abernathy visited Dickinson and gave a lecture as part of the Multicultural Fair and Black Arts Festival. His lecture was entitled, "Martin Luther King and His Significance in Black History." This conference, sponsored by the Congress of Afro-American Students, took place on March 3rd at 4 p.m. at ATS. As a leader of bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955 to 1956, Abernathy was a leader within the civil rights movement and co-founded the Montgomery Improvement Association with Martin Luther King Jr., a dear friend of his. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s memory and in order to continue a discussion on civil rights, Abernathy had been on tour for two months, giving talks and lectures at different institutions across the country.