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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. Selma to Montgomery marches - Wikipedia

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    Selma movement established: 1963–1964 [ edit ] At the turn of the 20th century, the Alabama state legislature passed a new constitution that effectively disenfranchised most blacks and many poor whites by requirements for payment of a poll tax and passing a literacy test and comprehension of the constitution.

  4. Timeline of the civil rights movement - Wikipedia

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    December 11–15 – Five hundred protesters arrested in Albany, Georgia. December 15 – King arrives in Albany, Georgia in response to a call from Dr. W. G. Anderson, the leader of the Albany Movement to desegregate public facilities. [12] December 16 – King is arrested at an Albany, Georgia demonstration.

  5. Civil rights icon Dr. William Anderson embodies black history

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    Feb. 21—MACON — Dr. William D. Anderson, the president of the Albany Movement, a coalition of activists including Martin Luther King Jr. and the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy that worked to end ...

  6. Timeline of the history of the United States (1950–1969)

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    1963 - The Birmingham campaign and its Children's Crusade focus attention on the civil rights movement; 1963 – March on Washington; Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have a Dream" speech; 1963 – The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan published, sparking the women's liberation movement; 1963 – Community Mental Health Act signed by Kennedy

  7. List of protests in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Albany Movement (1961-1962) March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963) Selma to Montgomery marches (1965) March Against Fear (1966) Memphis sanitation strike (1968) Ghetto riots (1964–1969) Harlem riot of 1964 (1964) Long, hot summer of 1967 (1967) 1967 Detroit riot (1967) 1967 Newark riots (1967) Black Action Movement (1970, 1975, 1987)

  8. History of civil rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Albany movement was shown to be an important education for the SCLC, however, when it undertook the Birmingham campaign in 1963. Executive Director Wyatt Tee Walker carefully planned the early strategy and tactics for the campaign. It focused on one goal—the desegregation of Birmingham's downtown merchants, rather than total desegregation ...

  9. 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.