And the Walls Came Tumbling Down
2010 edition book cover
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| Author | Ralph David Abernathy |
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| Country | United States of America |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Abernathy's participation in the Civil Rights Movement |
| Genre | Autobiography |
| Publisher | Harper and Row, HarperCollins |
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1989 |
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| Pages | 672 |
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And The Walls Came Tumbling Down is a 1989 autobiography written by African-American civil rights leader Ralph David Abernathy. The book charts his life and work with his best friend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in their leadership of the Civil Rights Movement to help African-Americans obtain equal rights with white Americans. His book engendered much controversy due to Abernathy's allegations of King's infidelity the night before he was assassinated.
Ralph Abernathy was a leader of the African-American civil rights movement, along with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whom he met in 1954; they eventually became close friends . Abernathy collaborated with King on many successful nonviolent movements. Including their creation of the Montgomery Improvement Association, which led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The King and Abernathy partnership spearheaded movements as well in Albany, Georgia, Birmingham, Alabama, Mississippi, Washington, D.C., Selma, Alabama, St. Augustine, Florida, Chicago, Memphis, and other cities. King and Abernathy shared a close relationship in their participation in the movement, sometimes sharing the same hotel rooms and leisure time with family and friends. Their relationship was so strong that they would dine together frequently, and each other's children called the other "Uncle". They were jailed a total of 17 times together for their involvement in the movement.
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