- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Albany Civil Rights Institute
- Creator:
- Turner, Irene
- Date of Original:
- 2007-06-15
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--Georgia--Albany
Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.)
Libraries
Museums
Archives - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- The Albany Civil Rights Institute commemorates the 1960s civil rights movement in southwest Georgia. The 12,000-square-foot facility, completed in 2008, is located next to the Old Mt. Zion Baptist Church, just south of downtown Albany in the historic Freedom District. Formerly known as the Albany Civil Rights Movement Museum, the institute was originally housed at Old Mt. Zion, and opened in November 1998. The church, built in 1906, became the principal gathering place for movement members demanding freedom and equality. In 1994 the citizens of Albany passed a 1 percent sales tax, $750,000 of which was allocated for the renovation of the Old Mt. Zion Baptist Church into a civil rights museum. Additional funds from the city, businesses, and individuals made the completion of the museum possible.
All topics: Libraries, Museums & Archives
GSE identifier: SS8H11 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/albany-civil-rights-institute/
- Language:
- eng
- Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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