Abernathy, Juanita, 1929-

LC control no.	no2007061248
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Abernathy, Juanita, 1929- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Abernathy, Juanita Odessa Jones Jones, Juanita Odessa
Associated country	United States
Birth date	19291224
Place of birth	Uniontown (Ala.)
Affiliation	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Tennessee State University Southern Christian Leadership Conference Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Ralph David Abernathy Foundation
Profession or occupation	Educators Civil rights workers Civic leaders
Found in	Series of WSB newsfilm clips of Albany Movement lawyers at the Federal Building in Atlanta, Georgia and of a mass meeting ... in Albany, Georgia, 1962 July, 1962 (name not given) And the walls came tumbling down, c1989: index (Abernathy, Juanita Odessa Jones (wife)) p. 70 (Juanita Odessa Jones; family from Perry County, Ala.) International Civil Rights Walk of Fame, March 17, 2015 (Juanita Abernathy; As a foot soldier in the Civil Rights Movement, Juanita Abernathy participated in all of the pivotal protests of the era. She helped rally the black community in Montgomery, Alabama as her husband Rev. Ralph David Abernathy and Martin Luther King Jr. led the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956), etc .Abernathy has traveled around the world speaking about her late husband's leadership role, her own experiences in the struggle and urging others to continue the fight for justice and equality. <http://www.nps.gov/features/malu/feat0002/wof/Juanita_Abernathy.htm> African American National Biography, accessed October 16, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Abernathy, Juanita Jones; Juanita Odessa Jones; Abernathy, Juanita Odessa Jones; educator, civil rights activist, organization founder/official, NAACP leader/officer; born 24 December 1929 in Uniontown, Alabama, United States; BS, in business education with a minor in history and social studies, Tennessee State University (1951); became secretary for the local chapter of the NAACP, Beatrice, Alabama; taught business courses at Tuskegee Institute High School, Tuskegee, Alabama (1954); played important role in events organized by the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) (1955); helped to organize and implement one of the first citizenship schools (1955-1956) during the Montgomery bus boycott (1955-1956); was part of the Chicago Open Housing Movement; served on the board of trustees for the Morehouse School of Religion; secretary for the Metro Atlanta Rapid Transportation Authority (MARTA); CEO of the Ralph David Abernathy Foundation)