- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Albany Civil Rights Memorial
- Date of Original:
- 1990/2022
- Subject:
- Memorials--Georgia--Albany
Fountains--Georgia--Albany
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Albany
Civil rights--Georgia--Albany
Monuments--Georgia--Albany
Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.) - People:
- Sherrod, Charles, 1937-2022
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Albany Civil Rights Memorial is located in the the city's Charles Sherrod Civil Rights Park. Sherrod came to Albany in 1961 with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to organize a voter registration drive.
Photograph of the Albany Civil Rights Memorial, which is located in Albany, Georgia's Charles Sherrod Civil Rights Park. The memorial is situated in a circular fountain. Four granite markers stand around the center fountain, from which a spray of water rises into the air.
The park is named for civil rights worker Charles Sherrod, who came to Albany in 1961 with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to organize a voter registration drive. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/albany-movement/m-2392/
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/albany-movement
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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