- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Slater King and Irene Asbury Wright
- Date of Original:
- 1961/1962
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers--Georgia--Albany
Women civil rights workers--Georgia--Albany
African American women civil rights workers--Georgia--Albany
African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Albany
African American businesspeople--Georgia--Albany
Businesspeople--Georgia--Albany
Businessmen--Georgia--Albany
African American men--Georgia--Albany
African American women--Georgia--Albany
Men--Georgia--Albany
Women--Georgia--Albany
Civil rights--Georgia--Albany
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Albany
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Albany
College administrators--Georgia--Albany
Women college administrators--Georgia--Albany
African American women college administrators--Georgia--Albany
African American college administrators--Georgia--Albany
Racism--Georgia--Albany
African Americans--Race discrimination
African Americans--Social conditions
Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.) - People:
- King, Slater, 1927-1969
Wright, Irene Asbury - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Dougherty County, Albany, 31.57851, -84.15574
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Slater King and Irene Asbury Wright lead a group of protestors in Albany. Wright, dean of students at Albany State College, resigned in protest on hearing that Albany State students had been expelled for participating in demonstrations.
Photograph of civil rights workers Slater King and Irene Asbury Wright leading a group of protestors in Albany, Georgia. They walk side by side on a sidewalk, and a long line of demonstrators walk behind them. Wright, Dean of Students at Albany State College, resigned in protest on hearing that Albany State students had been expelled for participating in demonstrations.
According to traditional accounts the Albany Movement began in fall 1961 and ended in summer 1962. It was the first mass movement in the modern civil rights era to have as its goal the desegregation of an entire community, and it resulted in the jailing of more than 1,000 African Americans in Albany and surrounding rural counties. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/albany-movement/m-2402/
- 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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