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Georgia senators back bid to declare Ralph David Abernathy’s church National Historic Site

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ATLANTA – Georgia’s two U.S. senators have reintroduced legislation to declare Atlanta’s West Hunter Street Baptist Church a National Historic Site in honor of the late civil rights leader Ralph David Abernathy Sr. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, both Democrats, got the bill through a Senate committee two years ago with bipartisan support, but it didn’t reach the full Senate for a vote. Abernathy, a Baptist minister, began his pastoral serv

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Georgia senators back bid to declare Ralph David Abernathy’s church National Historic Site

Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, both Democrats, got the bill through a Senate committee two years ago with bipartisan support, but it didn’t reach the full Senate for a vote.

10 days ago·Georgia, United States

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