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. 

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Ralph David Abernathy and Martin Luther King Jr.

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