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Calendar No. 302
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 118-150
RALPH DAVID ABERNATHY, SR., NATIONAL HISTORIC
SITE ACT
JANUARY 9, 2024.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. MANCHIN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 507]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 507) to establish the Ralph David Abernathy,
Sr., National Historic Site, and for other purposes, having consid-
ered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and
recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 507 is to establish the Ralph David Abernathy,
Sr., National Historic Site.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
Section 3051 of the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act
(Public Law 113-291) directed the Secretary of the Interior to con-
duct a special resource study of the West Hunter Street Baptist
Church to assess the site's suitability and feasibility for designation
as a unit of the National Park System.
Established in 1906, the West Hunter Street Baptist Church, lo-
cated in Atlanta, Georgia, was an important site during the 1960s
civil rights era, with a series of leaders that engaged in efforts to
combat segregation, secure voting rights, and generally improve ra-
cial relations.
Beginning in 1961, Dr. Ralph Abernathy, Sr. served for nearly 30
years as senior pastor for the church, using his position to engage
the community in civil rights efforts. Abernathy was a key figure
in the civil rights movement working closely with Dr. Martin Lu-
ther King, Jr. Along with Dr. King and other African American
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