Today in Georgia History November 25, 1961 Albany Movement

Suggested Readings

Taylor Branch, Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-1963 (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988).

Clayborne Carson, "SNCC and the Albany Movement," Journal of Southwest Georgia History 2 (1984): 15-25.

Michael Chalfen, "Rev. Samuel B. Wells and Black Protest in Albany, 1945-1965," Journal of Southwest Georgia History 9 (1994): 37-64.

Steven G. N. Tuck, Beyond Atlanta: The Struggle for Racial Equality in Georgia, 1940-1980 (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2001).

Taylor Branch, Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-1963 (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988).

Clayborne Carson, "SNCC and the Albany Movement," Journal of Southwest Georgia History 2 (1984): 15-25.

Michael Chalfen, "Rev. Samuel B. Wells and Black Protest in Albany, 1945-1965," Journal of Southwest Georgia History 9 (1994): 37-64.

Steven G. N. Tuck, Beyond Atlanta: The Struggle for Racial Equality in Georgia, 1940-1980 (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2001).

“Albany Movement.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1057&sug=y

Image Credits November 25, 1961: Albany Movement

Albany Civil Rights Institute, Mt. Zion Courtesy of the Albany Civil Rights Institute

Albany Civil Rights Institute & Mt. Zion Courtesy of Todd Stone

African American voter Special Collections and Archives, Lane Brothers, Georgia State University, Atlanta

African American voters Special Collections and Archives, Lane Brothers, Georgia State University, Atlanta

“Mass Demonstrations resume in Albany” draft article Courtesy of the Auburn Avenue Research Library

“Albany Movement People Dedicated” Courtesy of the Auburn Avenue Research Library

“Not Exactly Christmas Spirit” Police shaking fist at Martin Luther King Courtesy of the Auburn Avenue Research Library

“Dr. King Among 265 Negroes Seized in March on Albany, GA City Hall” Courtesy of the Auburn Avenue Research Library

“Robert Kennedy Hails Albany Mayor” December 19, 1961 Courtesy of the Auburn Avenue Research Library

“Boycott of White Stores Called By Negro Leaders in Albany, GA” February 3 New York Times Courtesy of the Auburn Avenue Research Library

“Dr. Kings Jail Day Hymns, Writing, TV / Kennedy Regime No Help Freed Bias Marcher Says” Courtesy of the Auburn Avenue Research Library

“Profile of Albany, GA, Forces at Work in Desegregation Dispute Indicate there is now no turning back from issue” – Picture of Martin Luther King, July 21 Courtesy of the Auburn Avenue Research Library

“Anderson, King, and Cohort Jailed by City; Police Get Ready for New Demonstrations”, April 6, 1962 Albany Journal Courtesy of the Auburn Avenue Research Library

Martin Luther King Meeting with Other Albany Leaders at a Church Courtesy of the Auburn Avenue Research Library

Martin Luther King with Unknown Group of men Courtesy of the Auburn Avenue Research Library

Albany 13 Courtesy of the Auburn Avenue Research Library

Albany 14 Courtesy of the Auburn Avenue Research Library

Martin Luther King being led away by police Courtesy of the Auburn Avenue Research Library

Martin Luther King being interviewed at picnic table in Albany Courtesy of the Auburn Avenue Research Library

Albany 17 Courtesy of the Auburn Avenue Research Library

Albany 18 Courtesy of the Auburn Avenue Research Library

Martin Luther King with leaders of Albany Movement Courtesy of the Auburn Avenue Research Library

Albany 20 Courtesy of the Auburn Avenue Research Library

Coca-Cola machine labeled white customers only Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Collection, LC-DIG-ppmsca-08128

WSB-TV newsfilm clip of African American students holding a kneel-in at city hall in Albany, Georgia, 1962 July 27 WSB Newsfilm Collection, University of Georgia Libraries