Abernathy
Americannoun
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Abernathy, played by Woody Harrelson, is mentor to Katniss and Peeta in the original series.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2025
We can reflect on a momentous decision by Martin Luther King, Jr., James Bevel, Wyatt Walker, Fred Shuttlesworth, Ralph Abernathy, and other civil rights leaders in Birmingham, Alabama, in the spring of 1963.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025
Penny Abernathy, who initiated “news desert” research documenting the local news crisis, noted this during a Tuesday event marking her retirement from Northwestern University’s Medill School.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2024
But Cathy Abernathy, a GOP strategist who has known McCarthy for decades, said he’s much happier and better suited to working in the campaign realm.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2024
While King and Abernathy sat in jail, the city’s students were out in the streets protesting their arrests.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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