Ralph David Abernathy III

Ralph David Abernathy III (March 19, 1959 – March 17, 2016) was an American politician and businessman.

Ralph David Abernathy III
Personal details
Born(1959-03-19)March 19, 1959
Montgomery, Alabama, United States
DiedMarch 17, 2016(2016-03-17) (aged 56)
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
ParentsRalph Abernathy
Juanita Abernathy

Biography

Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Abernathy was the son of Ralph Abernathy and Juanita Abernathy, the civil rights activists. He received his Bachelor's degree in English and Linguistics from Morehouse College in 1981. Abernathy owned Clean Air Industries in Atlanta, Georgia. Abernathy served in the Georgia House of Representatives, as a Democrat in 1988 and then in the Georgia State Senate in 1992. In 1997, Abernathy was indicted and convicted of smuggling marijuana into the United States from Jamaica, forgery, making a false statement, and witness tampering.[1][2]

In 1999, he was convicted of defrauding the state of Georgia of thousands of dollars in expense money, numerous counts of theft, forgery and tampering with a witness. He was sentenced to four years in prison. Abernathy died of cancer in Atlanta, Georgia, two days before his 57th birthday.[3][4]

Notes
  1. Georgia House of Representatives-Senate Profiles-Senator Ralph David Abernathy III
  2. Ralph David Abernathy III, son of civil rights icon dies
  3. Civil Rights Leader's Son Sentenced to Four Years
  4. Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General of Georgia (December 21, 1999). "FORMER STATE SENATOR RALPH DAVID ABERNATHY III CONVICTED BY FULTON COUNTY JURY". law.georgia.gov.


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