For years, the narrative around Dr. Martin Luther King Junior’s feelings about the Albany civil rights movement have been misconstrued. Now, a local Albany historian wants to set the record ...

He helped spearhead the Albany Movement, a campaign to desegregate an entire Georgia community. The effort drew organizers including Martin Luther King Jr.

Movement launched one year ago plans events as flame flickers By Bryan FitzgeraldUpdatedOct 20, 2012 12:18 a.m. Occupy Albany member Zach Caron-Noble, 19, of Poestenkill climbs a tree to hang the ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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.