Albany Movement

Title:
Albany Movement
Years:
1961
1962
Description:
In November 1961, residents of Albany, Georgia, launched an ambitious campaign to eliminate segregation in all facets of local life. The movement captured national attention one month later when local leaders invited Martin Luther King, Jr. to join the protest. Despite King's involvement, the movement failed to secure concessions from local officials and was consequently deemed unsuccessful by many observers. Subsequent appraisals, however, have identified the movement as a formative learning experience for King and other civil rights organizers, and credited it with hastening the ultimate desegregation of Albany's facilities, which occurred only one year following the movement's conclusion in August 1962.
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

24 items in 7 collections (expand all)

Charles Melvin Sherrod oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Albany, Georgia, 2011-06-04

Creator:
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Date of Original:
2011-06-04
Collection:
Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
American Folklife Center

Doris Adelaide Derby oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-04-26

Creator:
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Date of Original:
2011-04-26
Collection:
Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
American Folklife Center

Mary Jenkins oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013-03-09

Creator:
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Date of Original:
2013-03-09
Collection:
Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
American Folklife Center

Mary Jones oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013-03-09

Creator:
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Date of Original:
2013-03-09
Collection:
Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
American Folklife Center

William G. Anderson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Detroit, Michigan, 2011-07-26

Creator:
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Date of Original:
2011-07-26
Collection:
Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
American Folklife Center

Albany Civil Rights Movement Museum

Creator:
Turner, Irene
Date of Original:
2007-06-15
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

WALB newsfilm clip of African American students turned away from using the public library in Albany, Georgia, 1962

Creator:
WALB (Television station : Albany, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1962
Collection:
WALB Newsfilm
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

WALB newsfilm clip of African Americans arrested for participating in a night march, Albany, Georgia, 1962 July 21

Creator:
WALB (Television station : Albany, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1962-07-21
Collection:
WALB Newsfilm
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

WALB newsfilm clip of African Americans arrested for picketing in downtown Albany, Georgia, 1962 July 28

Creator:
WALB (Television station : Albany, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1962-07-28
Collection:
WALB Newsfilm
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

WALB newsfilm clip of Asa D. Kelley explaining reason for obtaining a federal injunction against civil rights demonstrators in Albany, Georgia, 1961 July 21

Creator:
WALB (Television station : Albany, Ga.)
Kelley, Asa D., 1922-1997
Date of Original:
1961-07-21
Collection:
WALB Newsfilm
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

WALB newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. encouraging an audience in their pursuit of civil rights in Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia, 1962 July

Creator:
WALB (Television station : Albany, Ga.)
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Date of Original:
1962-07
Collection:
WALB Newsfilm
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

WALB newsfilm clip of Dr. William G. Anderson encouraging dedication in the civil rights struggle during a mass meeting held at Shiloh Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia, 1962

Creator:
WALB (Television station : Albany, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1962
Collection:
WALB Newsfilm
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
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Educator Resources:

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Burke Marshall

Date of Original:
1961/1962
Collection:
Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection
Contributing Institution:
WGBH Educational Foundation