Juanita Abernathy

Juanita Odessa Jones Abernathy (December 1, 1931 – September 12, 2019) was an American civil rights activist, and the wife of Ralph Abernathy.

[1] Juanita Odessa Jones was born in Uniontown, Alabama.

[3][4] She also served on the board of trustees for the Morehouse School of Religion, and on the board of directors for the Atlanta Fulton County League of Women Voters and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.

[4] In 2013, she was honored by the Atlanta City Council with a proclamation.

[11][12] Their first child, Ralph Abernathy Jr., died suddenly on August 18, 1953, less than 2 days after his birth on August 16, while their other children lived on to adulthood.

Juanita Abernathy and her husband Ralph David Abernathy , with James Reeb , Martin Luther King Jr. , and Coretta Scott King , as the Abernathy children lead the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March into Montgomery.