Albany Movement

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The Albany Movement was a coalition formed in 1961 in Albany, Georgia, that sought to desegregate the city and became an important early campaign in the broader American civil rights struggle.

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Albany Movement canonical 12
Albany Movement mass arrests 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights organization
desegregation campaign
basedOn Gandhian nonviolence
chairperson William G. Anderson
country United States
endTime 1962
foundedBy Charles Sherrod
Cordell Reagon
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
linked to: NAACP

Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
William G. Anderson
local Black leaders in Albany, Georgia
hasPart boycotts
freedom rides
marches
mass meetings
sit-ins
voter registration drives
ideology nonviolent resistance
inception 1961
location Albany, Georgia
movement Civil Rights Movement
notableWork campaign to desegregate Albany bus station
campaign to desegregate bus and train terminals in Albany
campaign to desegregate libraries in Albany
campaign to desegregate lunch counters in Albany
campaign to desegregate public parks in Albany
opponent Albany Police Department
Albany city government
Police Chief Laurie Pritchett
segregationist officials in Albany
participant Martin Luther King Jr.
Ralph Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee activists
purpose desegregation of public facilities
ending racial segregation in Albany, Georgia
voting rights for African Americans
result increased national attention to segregation in Southwest Georgia
legal challenges to segregation ordinances in Albany
partial desegregation of public facilities in Albany
significance demonstrated importance of focusing on specific, winnable demands
early mass movement campaign of the Civil Rights Movement
highlighted limits of broad, citywide desegregation goals
influenced later civil rights strategies in Birmingham and elsewhere
significantEvent federal court rulings on segregation in Albany
jailing of Martin Luther King Jr.
mass arrests of demonstrators
negotiations with Albany city officials
startTime 1961-11
state Georgia

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American civil rights movement hasPart Albany Movement
Birmingham campaign precededBy Albany Movement
SNCC Freedom Singers associatedWith Albany Movement
Albany city government opposed Albany Movement
Albany city government resisted Albany Movement
Albany city government associatedWithEvent Albany Movement mass arrests
linked to: Albany Movement
Laurie Pritchett participantIn Albany Movement
subject linked to: Police Chief Laurie Pritchett
Charles Sherrod notableWork Albany Movement
Charles Sherrod participantIn Albany Movement
A. D. King participantIn Albany Movement
William G. Anderson participantIn Albany Movement
Laurie Pritchett notableEvent Albany Movement
Laurie Pritchett conflict Albany Movement