- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Slater King and Laurie Pritchett
- Date of Original:
- 1961/1962
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers--Georgia--Albany
African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Albany
African American businesspeople--Georgia--Albany
Businesspeople--Georgia--Albany
Businessmen--Georgia--Albany
Police--Georgia--Albany
Police chiefs--Georgia--Albany
African American men--Georgia--Albany
Men--Georgia--Albany
Civil rights--Georgia--Albany
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Albany
Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.) - People:
- King, Slater, 1927-1969
Pritchett, Laurie, 1926-2000 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Dougherty County, Albany, 31.57851, -84.15574
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Civil rights activist Slater King confronts Albany police chief Laurie Pritchett.
Photograph of Albany, Georgia police chief Laurie Pritchett (right) being confronted by civil rights activist Slater King (left) on the street. Pritchett is in uniform, and King wears a light-colored trench coat and holds his hands behind his back.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. brought in his Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staff to coordinate the campaign to desegregate the city of Albany, Georgia in 1961 and 1962. He had a formidable opponent in Albany police chief Laurie Pritchett. Pritchett ostensibly practiced the nonviolence that King preached, ordering his officers to avoid brutality, at least when the TV cameras and news reporters were present. Prepared for the waves of marchers King encouraged, Pritchett had them arrested and sent off to jails in the surrounding counties, including Baker, Mitchell, and Lee. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/albany-movement/m-2401/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Cochran Studios/A. E. Jenkins Photography
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- 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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