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1. Albany Movement - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_Movement
Description: WebThe Albany Movement was a desegregation and voters' rights coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, in November 1961. This movement was founded by local black leaders and ministers, as well as members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). [1]
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2. Albany Movement | The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and …
Link: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/albany-movement
Description: WebNov 17, 2021 · The Albany Movement aimed to end all forms of racial segregation in the city, focusing initially on desegregating travel facilities, forming a permanent biracial committee to discuss further desegregation, and the release of …
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3. The Albany Movement (1961–1962) - Blackpast
Link: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/albany-movement-1961-1962/
Description: WebAug 31, 2016 · The Albany Movement challenged all forms of racial segregation and discrimination in the city. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Leadership Conference (SCLC) joined the movement in December 1961. SNCC members Charles Sherrod and Cordell Reagon traveled to Albany in October 1961 to help organize the local black …
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4. Albany Movement - New Georgia Encyclopedia
Link: https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/albany-movement/
Description: WebDec 2, 2003 · The Albany Movement began in fall 1961 and ended in summer 1962. It was the first mass movement in the modern civil rights era to have as its goal the desegregation of an entire community, and it resulted in the jailing of more than 1,000 African Americans in Albany and surrounding rural counties.
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5. Chapter 16: The Albany Movement | The Martin Luther King, Jr.
Link: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/publications/autobiography-martin-luther-king-jr/chapter-16-albany-movement
Description: WebThe dramatic Albany Movement was the climax to this psychological forward thrust. The Albany Movement, headed by Dr. W. G. Anderson, was already functional and had developed a year-long history on the part of the Negro community to …
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6. Albany Manifesto | The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and …
Link: https://kinginstitute.sites.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/albany-manifesto
Description: WebThe Albany Movement totally rejects the response of the city of Albany toward its requests as transmitted through Chief of Police, Laurie Pritchett. We have discovered over the last six months that it is the intention of the city fathers to maintain the system of segregation throughout the community regardless of the constitutional rights and ...
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7. The Albany Movement - The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long …
Link: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/civil-rights-act/multimedia/albany-movement.html
Description: WebThe Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom The Albany Movement. The Albany Movement formed in 1961 in Albany, Georgia, as a collaboration between local activists, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
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8. The Albany Movement – African American Civil Rights Movement
Link: http://www.african-american-civil-rights.org/albany-movement/
Description: WebThe Albany Movement was a learning curve and provided a valuable lesson for King and his supporters who were to face a similar situation in Birmingham. King attributed the failure of the Albany Movement to a lack of planning and a not so clear protest strategy.
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9. Albany Movement: King's civil rights defeat helped shape later …
Link: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/01/16/martin-luther-king-albany-movement-civil-rights/8848399002/
Description: WebJan 16, 2022 · Marc Ramirez. USA TODAY. 0:00. 1:34. Martin Luther King Jr. was a rising civil rights figure when he came to Albany, Georgia, in December 1961, keen to provide a shot in the arm to a...
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10. Civil Rights Movements | DPLA - Digital Public Library of America
Link: https://dp.la/exhibitions/activism/movements/albany-movement
Description: WebAlbany Movement. View item information. WSB-TV newsfilm clip of United States president John F. Kennedy speaking about the Albany Movement, 1962 August 1. In November 1961, residents of Albany, Georgia launched an ambitious campaign to eliminate segregation in all facets of local life.