ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - For years, the narrative around Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s feelings about the Albany Civil Rights Movement have been misconstrued. Now, a local Albany historian wants to ...

ALBANY — Signs and tents staked in the dirt. Chants and drum circles. Sit-ins past curfew. Arrests. Cameras rolling, with reporters going live from the scene. One year ago this weekend, Occupy ...

A founding member of SNCC, the leading student group of the 1960s civil rights movement, Rev. Sherrod collaborated with prominent organizers including Ella Baker — who helped him pay off his ...

The Albany Movement, which was a catalyst for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s later civil rights efforts, was very much a movement driven by young people, and Reagon was an early participant.

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - It was a picture seen worldwide. A picture of a girl being hauled off the steps of what was known as the Carnegie Library during an Albany Movement protest. That girl was ...

Albany native Gwendolyn Crawford, now 74, became an iconic image of the 1961-62 Albany Movement after she and others were arrested for attempting to desegregate Albany’s downtown library.

An Albany historian, Clennon King, is pushing for the Carnegie Library to change its name in honor of Civil Rights activist Gwendolyn Crawford. Gwendolyn Crawford spent 10 days in jail when she ...

The Sigel Movement in Albany. Share full article. Jan. 13, 1862. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from January 13, 1862, Page 8 Buy Reprints.

ALBANY, Georgia (Albany Herald) — An Albany-based cultural projects firm is asking that the main branch of the Dougherty County Public Library be named in honor of a 12-year-old civil rights ...

ALBANY, Georgia (Albany Herald) — An Albany-based cultural projects firm is asking that the main branch of the Dougherty County Public Library be named in honor of a 12-year-old civil rights ...