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  2. Albany Movement - Wikipedia

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    The Albany Movement was a desegregation and voters' rights coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, in November 1961.This movement was founded by local black leaders and ministers, as well as members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). [1]

  3. Laurie Pritchett - Wikipedia

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    The Albany Movement began in 1961 and was designed to eliminate segregation in the city of Albany by the use of non-violent protest. It started when three young members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee—Charles Sherrod, Cordell Reagon, and Charles Jones—came to Albany for a voter-registration drive.

  4. Charles Sherrod - Wikipedia

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    Charles Melvin Sherrod [1] (January 2, 1937 – October 11, 2022) was an American minister and civil rights activist. [2] [3] [4] During the civil rights movement, Sherrod helped found the Albany Movement while serving as field secretary for southwest Georgia for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

  5. William G. Anderson - Wikipedia

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    Anderson is perhaps best known for his work in the Civil Rights Movement. In 1957, after completing his residency in Flint, Michigan, Anderson relocated to Albany, Georgia, to start his practice. However, because of the stringent segregationist policies in place and racist attitudes of local townsfolk, Anderson was prevented from treating patients.

  6. Black History/White Lies: The 10 biggest myths about the ...

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    The Civil Rights Movement began the day Black people stepped foot on American soil. 9. Marching was an acceptable form of protest. Partly because of how our education system sugarcoats the past ...

  7. Civil rights movement - Wikipedia

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    A mass movement for civil rights, led by Martin Luther King Jr. and others, began a campaign of nonviolent protests and civil disobedience including the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955–1956, "sit-ins" in Greensboro and Nashville in 1960, the Birmingham campaign in 1963, and a march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965.

  8. Cordell Reagon - Wikipedia

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    Reagon was 16 years of age in 1959 when he emerged as a leader of the civil rights movement in Albany, Georgia. James Forman, who became the executive secretary of SNCC, called him "the baby of the movement". Reagon, who was arrested more than thirty times in the South for his anti-segregation activities, conducted nonviolent training workshops ...

  9. Team Trump Threatens To Ignore Court Orders - AOL

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    This movement in favor of a “unitary executive” drives much of the thinking behind Project 2025, the right-wing policy plan that several people in Trump’s orbit helped author.