Wealthy Sistas Acclaimed Actress/Author Donzaleigh Abernathy
b'Abernathy starred for four years as a Series Regular on Lifetime Television\\u2019s critically acclaimed dramatic series, \\u201cANY DAY NOW.\\u201d She received critical acclaim from Film Critic Roger Ebert for her performance in \\u201cGODS AND GENERALS\\u201d for Warner Bros. She also starred in New Line Cinema\\u2019s comedy \\u201cGRILLED\\u201d and Lions Gate\\u2019s comedy \\u201cLEPRECHAN 6 \\u2013 Back 2 \\u2018Da Hood.\\u201d She was the leading lady in the HBO award winning film, \\u201cDon King-ONLY IN AMERICA,\\u201d NBC\\u2019s award nominated \\u201cTHE TEMPEST,\\u201d opposite Peter Fonda, also HBO\\u2019s award winning \\u201cMISS EVERS BOYS\\u201d and the Directors Guild of America award winning \\u201cMURDER IN MISSISSIPPI.\\u201d \\nShe is up coming in the independent film,\\u201c59 SECONDS\\u201d and has starred in DELMAR\\u2019S PORCH, CSI Las Vegas, Lincoln Heights, House, Commander and Chief, The Closer, Judging Amy and 24. Along with her husband Dar Dixon Bijarchi, they have created, produced and directed the TV project \\u201cST. FRANCIS.\\u201d\\nBorn in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement to Juanita and Rev Dr Ralph David Abernathy, who created with his best friend Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. the Civil Rights Movement. She attended all of the major Civil Rights Marches and integrated the elementary school system in the South. Because the Abernathy home was the preferred meeting place for Dr. King and Dr. Abernathy, Donzaleigh had a myopic view into the integral decision making process that helped to shape American laws and society by the creation of the Civil Rights Bill,the Public Accommodations Act and the Voting Rights Act. \\n \\nAbernathy authored the history book, \\u201cPARTNERS TO HISTORY, Martin Luther King, Ralph David Abernathy and the Civil Rights Movement,\\u201d published by Random House/Crown. \\nMs. Abernathy is a founding member of the Board of Trustees of the New Visions Foundation which created New Roads Schools and several other schools in the Los Angeles area.'