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Donzaleigh Abernathy, 2024
No full textDonzaleigh 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.”
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Oral history interview with Ed Abernathy
No full textEd Abernathy, born in 1930, is a 1953 graduate of Oklahoma A&M College (OAMC), now Oklahoma State University. He recalls his youth and discusses long career as a soil scientist for the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) in Oklahoma. He talks about his college days and describes his early days with the SCS. Abernathy talks about completing soil surveys in several counties in Oklahoma as well as his activities since retiring from the SCS. He shares about his part-time work within the poultry industry and about some of his efforts with the Le Flore County Conservation District.The Oklahoma Conservation Heritage Collection is a series of interviews with people involved with conserving and preserving the natural resources of the state. This interview was conducted in partnership and sponsorship with the Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society with funding provided by the Natural Resources Conservation Service. More archival material from this history can be found at the Oklahoma Historical Society
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[Portrait of Lewis M. Abernathy]
No full textPhotograph of Lewis M. Abernathy, a faculty member of the Economics department. In the image Abernathy is viewed from the chest up wearing a sweater over a button up and graphic tie
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No full textPhotograph of Lewis M. Abernathy, a faculty member of the Economics department. In the image Abernathy is viewed from the chest up wearing a sweater over a button up and graphic tie
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[Portrait of Lewis M. Abernathy, 3]
No full textPhotograph of Lewis M. Abernathy, a faculty member of the Economics department. In the image Abernathy is viewed from the chest up wearing a sweater over a button up and graphic tie
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No full textPhotograph of Lewis M. Abernathy, a faculty member of the Economics department. In the image Abernathy is viewed from the chest up wearing a sweater over a button up and graphic tie
Letter from E.R. Abernathy, Superintendent of Ohio School for the Deaf, to Benjamin M. Schowe, April 17, 1954
No full textAbernathy agrees with Schowe's prior letter about an article in the Chroncile that characterized the deaf as suspicious and uncooperativeMade available in DSpace on 2005-08-23T22:20:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3
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[Portrait of Lewis M. Abernathy, 2]
No full textPhotograph of Lewis M. Abernathy, a faculty member of the Economics department. In the image Abernathy is viewed from the chest up wearing a sweater over a button up and graphic tie
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[Photograph of Lewis M. Abernathy, 3]
No full textPhotograph of Lewis M. Abernathy, a faculty member of the Economics department. In the image Abernathy is viewed from the chest up wearing a sweater over a button up and graphic tie
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[Photograph of professor Lewis M. Abernathy, 2]
No full textPhotograph of Lewis M. Abernathy posing for Community Services. In the image Abernathy is wearing a suit and tie with his hands together looking into the camera. The background has two shadows from the light sources involved in taking the photograph
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