- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Slater King
- Date of Original:
- 1927/1969
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers--Georgia--Albany
African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Albany
African American businesspeople--Georgia--Albany
Businesspeople--Georgia--Albany
Businessmen--Georgia--Albany
Men--Georgia--Albany
African American men--Georgia--Albany
Civil rights--Georgia--Albany
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Albany
Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.) - People:
- King, Slater, 1927-1969
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Initially vice president of the Albany Movement, founded in 1961, civil rights activist Slater King went on to assume the presidency after William G. Anderson stepped down from the leadership role.
Photograph of Albany, Georgia civil rights activist Slater King. He wears a suit and faces forward. Initially vice president of the Albany Movement, founded in 1961, Slater King went on to assume the presidency after William G. Anderson stepped down from the leadership role.
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/slater-king-1927-1969/m-2464/
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/slater-king-1927-1969
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights: