- Collection:
- Civil Case Files, 1938-1995, Records of the District Courts of the United States
- Title:
- Asa D. Kelley, Jr., Stephen A. Roos, and Laurie Pritchett v. M. S. Page, Dr. W. G. Anderson, Slater King, Charles Jones, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Reverend Wyatt Tee Walker, Mrs. Ruby Hurley, Congress of Racial Equality, Southern Christian Leadership Committee, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the Albany Movement
- Creator:
- United States. District Court (Georgia : Middle District : Albany Division)
- Date of Original:
- 1962
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Albany
Boycotts--Georgia--Albany
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Albany
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Albany
Injunctions--Georgia--Albany
Mayors--Georgia--Albany
Parades--Georgia--Albany
Passive resistance--Georgia--Albany
Picketing--Georgia--Albany
Restraining orders--Georgia--Albany
Segregation--Georgia--Albany
Equality before the law--United States
Albany (Ga.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Albany (Ga.). Board of Commissioners
Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.)--Trials, litigation, etc.
Congress of Racial Equality--Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. District Court (Georgia : Southern District) - People:
- Kelley, Asa D., 1922-1997--Trials, litigation, etc.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Trials, litigation, etc.
Roos, Stephen A.--Trials, litigation, etc.
Pritchett, Laurie, 1926-2000--Trials, litigation, etc.
Page, Marion S., d. 1971--Trials, litigation, etc.
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990--Trials, litigation, etc.
Anderson, William G., 1927- --Trials, litigation, etc.
King, Slater, 1927-1969--Trials, litigation, etc.
Hurley, Ruby--Trials, litigation, etc.
Walker, Wyatt Tee--Trials, litigation, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Dougherty County, Albany, 31.57851, -84.15574
- Medium:
- civil court records
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- This case relates to the historical events surrounding the "Albany Movement." Civil rights leaders in Albany, Georgia, tried to mobilize to protest local segregation practices and were confronted by the mayor and police chief. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. went to Albany, preached, was involved in the meetings and was arrested.
- Local Identifier:
- National Archives Identifier: 2612083
- Metadata URL:
- https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2612083
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Records of the District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009, Civil Case Files, National Archives at Atlanta.
- Holding Institution:
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Atlanta Branch
- Rights:
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