Albani movement 1961 - 1962



Martin Luther King with the members of NAACP were arrested



Albany movement occurred in 1961. This movement was formed with resistances of Albany and Georgia, local activists, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in order to eliminate segregations in all facets of local life.   The campaign began with the arrival of 3 SNCC activists, Charles Sherrod, Cordell Reagon, and Charles Jones. These 3 activists helped the resistances by encouraging the black activism in the city. Every public places like bus station and libraries reserved for White Americans were seized by the Black Americans. And hundreds of protests marched on City Hall. The Albany police chief, Laurie Pritchett, carefully studied about the movement’s strategy. The chief used mass arrests but avoiding dramatic and violent behavior. The Albany movement had attracted the nationwide and our leader Martin Luther King was involved on that movement but failed to complete their goal because their cooperative spirits were really weak. However, this was credited as a key lesson in strategy and tactics for the national civil rights movement.