- Collection:
- WALB Newsfilm
- Title:
- WALB newsfilm clip of police chief Laurie Pritchett speaking about the arrest of kneel-in participants earlier in the day in Albany, Georgia, 1962 July 27
- Creator:
- WALB (Television station : Albany, Ga.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Pritchett, Laurie, 1926-2000
- Date of Original:
- 1962-07-27
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Albany
African American physicians--Georgia--Albany
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Albany
African Americans--Politics and government
Arrest--Georgia--Albany
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Albany
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Albany
Direct action--Georgia--Albany
Interviews--Georgia--Albany
Kneel-ins--Georgia--Albany
Police--Georgia--Albany
Prayer--Georgia--Albany
Press conferences--Georgia--Albany
Public worship--Georgia--Albany
Religion and politics--Georgia--Albany
Reporters and reporting--Georgia--Albany
Segregation--Georgia--Albany
Mayors--Georgia--Albany
Albany (Ga.)--Politics and government--History--20th century
Albany (Ga.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Albany (Ga.). Board of Commissioners
Albany City Hall (Albany, Ga.) - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Kelley, Asa D., 1922-1997
Pritchett, Laurie, 1926-2000
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990--Imprisonment
Anderson, William G., 1927- --Imprisonment
King, Slater, 1927-1969--Imprisonment
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Imprisonment - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Dougherty County, Albany, 31.57851, -84.15574
- Medium:
- news
unedited footage - Type:
- MovingImage
- Description:
- In this WALB newsfilm clip from July 27, 1962, Albany, Georgia, police chief Laurie Pritchett speaks to reporters in a press conference held in his office about the arrest of city hall kneel-in participants earlier that day. Chief Pritchett recounts that demonstrators announced that they came to city hall to speak with city commissioners; since the commission was not scheduled to meet again until August 7, Pritchett agreed to speak to the group on the commission's behalf. Pritchett reports that the kneel-in participants refused his offer for discussion; they also declined to leave the sidewalk and began to pray, creating a "general disturbance" in the Albany uptown area. Police arrested the demonstrators after asking them to either come inside or leave the property four times. Pritchett asserts that he knew the time the group was scheduled to arrive, and views the demonstration as a "prearranged affair." Near the end of the clip, Albany mayor Asa D. Kelley is seen among the reporters. The kneel-in was led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Ralph D. Abernathy of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) as well as Dr. William G. Anderson and Slater King, president and vice president of the Albany Movement. Rev. Abernathy prayed for the city and its leaders, as well as the civil rights movement and its leaders before the police arrested the group. A second kneel-in at city hall, led by Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) member Charles Jones, took place later that day and led to more arrests.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for digital conversion and description of the WALB News Film collection.
Title provided by cataloger. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/crdl/id:ugabma_walb_walb00021
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/crdl/do:ugabma_walb_walb00021
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_walb_walb00021/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: WALB newsfilm clip of police chief Laurie Pritchett speaking about the arrest of kneel-in participants earlier in the day in Albany, Georgia, 1962 July 27, Albany Movement compilation, WALB News Film collection, Albany Movement Compilation Roll 1 [Tape 1], Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Award Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Ga., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- 1 clip (ca. 1 min.) : b&w, sd. ; 16 mm.
- Original Collection:
- Original found in the WALB newsfilm collection.
Civil Rights Digital Library Collection (Digital Library of Georgia) - Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
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