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Albany Civil Rights Movement Museum

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@ New Georgia Encyclopedia

Turner, Irene

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Encyclopedia article about the Albany Civil Rights Movement Museum, which commemorates the 1960s civil rights movement in southwest Georgia. The museum is housed in the old Mt. Zion Baptist Church where mass meetings were held, including the first mass meeting of the Albany Movement in November, 1961.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

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New Georgia Encyclopedia

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. Albany
  2. Albany (Ga.)
  3. Albany Civil Rights Movement Museum (Albany, Ga.)
  4. Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.)
  5. Civil Rights
  6. Civil Rights Movements
  7. Georgia
  8. History
  9. Mt. Zion First Baptist Church (Albany, Ga.)
  10. Museums
  11. Race Relations

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