United States, Georgia, Dougherty County, Albany, 31.57851, -84.15574WALB (Television station : Albany, Ga.)1962Martin Luther King Jr. (second from right) and Ralph David Abernathy (third from right) pray during their arrest in Albany on July 27, 1962. William G. Anderson, the president of the Albany Movement, asked King and Abernathy to help with efforts to desegregate the city.Image of Martin Luther King Jr. (second from right) and Ralph Abernathy (third from right) praying during their arrest in Albany, Georgia on July 27, 1962, during the Albany Movement. Several unidentified demonstrators stand next to King and Abernathy. Albany police chief Laurie Pritchett is seen on the far left. Pritchett led the arrest of demonstrators holding a kneel-in outside the Albany City Hall protesting segregation. The Albany Movement was a collaborative effort by such civil rights groups as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to desegregate the city of Albany during 1961 and 1962.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/william-g-anderson-b-1927Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/william-g-anderson-b-1927Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaCivil rights--Georgia--AlbanyAfrican Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--AlbanySegregation--Georgia--AlbanyCivil rights demonstrations--Georgia--AlbanyPassive resistance--Georgia--AlbanyNonviolence--Georgia--AlbanyArrest--Georgia--AlbanyAlbany (Ga.)--Race relations--History--20th centuryWomen--Georgia--AlbanyMen--Georgia--AlbanyAfrican American women--Georgia--AlbanyAfrican American men--Georgia--AlbanyCivil rights workers--Georgia--AlbanyAfrican American civil rights workers--Georgia--AlbanyWomen civil rights workers--Georgia--AlbanyAfrican American women civil rights workers--Georgia--AlbanyPrayer--Georgia--AlbanyPolice--Georgia--AlbanyImprisonment--Georgia--AlbanyCivil rights movements--Georgia--AlbanyRacism--Georgia--AlbanyAfrican Americans--Race discriminationAfrican Americans--Social conditionsAlbany Movement (Albany, Ga.)Albany City Hall (Albany, Ga.)Albany MovementStillImage