Famous Black Spiritual & Religious Leaders

Birthdate: March 11, 1926

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Linden, Alabama, United States

Died: April 17, 1990

American civil rights activist Ralph Abernathy collaborated with Martin Luther King Jr to create the Montgomery Improvement Association.  Abernathy, who also served as an advisory committee member of the Congress on Racial Equality, addressed the United Nations about world peace in 1971. During the Wounded Knee incident of 1973, he helped broker a deal between the FBI and Indian protestors.