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In 1977, he ran unsuccessfully for Georgia's 5th Congressional District seat, losing to Congressman John Lewis.

He founded the nonprofit organization Foundation for Economic Enterprises Development ( FEED ), which offered managerial and technical training, creating jobs, income, business and trade opportunities for underemployed and unemployed workers of all races and ethnicities.

Through a grant from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, he built the Ralph David Abernathy Towers, a high rise Senior Citizens and Handicapped housing complex.