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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 ]
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.
Latimer for immediate desegregation of Atlanta's schools and instead requested that the General Assembly follow the path outlined in the Sibley Commission's majority report and repeal their massive resistance laws, setting a deadline for Atlanta school desegregation for May 1, 1969, [201] before the fall semester began. [202]
May 18—ALBANY — A candidate for Georgia House District 153 is missing a few campaign signs, as many as a few hundred by his count, and has filed a report with the Albany Police Department. "We ...
The Georgia Council on Human Relations (GCHR) was a biracial group working against prejudice and discrimination due to race, religion, ethnicity, and nationality. [1] Non-profit, interracial, and non-denominational, at its peak the GCHR operated in ten chapters across the state, [1] including Albany, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, LaGrange, Macon, and Savannah.
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Harris campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon identified Georgia as one of the campaign’s top targets, noting shifting demographics that could aid the vice president in expanding support from 2020.