Ralph David Abernathy and Martin Luther King Jr.

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Ralph David Abernathy (right) and Martin Luther King Jr. were central organizers of the Montgomery bus boycott, which demanded that Black passengers be treated fairly on public transportation. 

Courtesy of David Fankhauser

Ralph David Abernathy and Martin Luther King Jr.

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