Actress-author to speak.Byline: The Register-Guard Actress and author Donzaleigh Abernathy Donzaleigh Abernathy, sometimes credited as Donzaleigh Avis Abernathy, is an American actress and writer. She is the youngest daughter of civil rights activist Ralph Abernathy. She is a 1976 graduate of George School in Newtown, Pennsylvavia. , the youngest daughter of civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy, will give a talk Wednesday in Eugene about growing up in the civil rights move- ment. Abernathy's lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the McDonald Theatre at 10th Avenue and Willamette Street. Tickets are $13 each, $10 for seniors and students. A portion of the proceeds will go to the American Diabetes Association The American Diabetes Association, or the ADA, is an American health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. Founded in 1940, the American Diabetes Association conducts programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, reaching hundreds of . Tickets may be purchased at Harlequin Beads & Jewelry, 1016 Willamette St.; Glamour Girl Beauty Supply, 125 W. Broadway; or at the door. Abernathy's appearance is sponsored by Eugene real estate agent Betty Snowden. Abernathy also will appear before a live studio audience on Snowden's local cable-access TV show, "Hats Off," on Thursday. The studio is at 2225 Coburg Road, and doors open at 11 a.m. Abernathy has a starring role in the "Any Day Now" television program on the Lifetime cable network. She has starred in several made-for-TV movies, including "The Tempest" with Peter Fonda, "Murder in Mississippi" and "Don King: Only in America Only in America is a children's television programme that originally aired in 2005 on the CBBC Channel. It is presented by Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates. The show documents the pair going on a road trip across the United States. ." Abernathy is the author of "Partners to History: Martin Luther King, Ralph David Abernathy and the Civil Rights Movement." She has been active in several causes, including HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome awareness and Amnesty International Amnesty International (AI,) human-rights organization founded in 1961 by Englishman Peter Benenson; it campaigns internationally against the detention of prisoners of conscience, for the fair trial of political prisoners, to abolish the death penalty and torture of of Canada. For more information, call Snowden at 342-0606. |
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