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Launched in 1961, the Albany Movement was the first campaign to seek the desegregation of an entire community. Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed here, and its lessons later shaped the Birmingham campaign.
Historical Marker
Georgia Civil Rights Trail: The Albany Movement
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About this site
Georgia Civil Rights Trail: The Albany Movement is a historical marker in Albany, Dougherty County, erected in 2014. It is one of 19 historical markers documented in Dougherty County, among 62 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.5724, -84.1557 near Albany. The nearest cataloged historic site is Mount Zion Baptist Church (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Albany Civil Rights Institute, Oakview Cemetery, and Farkas, Samuel, House.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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