United States, Georgia, Dougherty County, Albany, 31.57851, -84.155741961/1962(Left to right) Thomas Chatmon, Marion King, and an unidentified woman register to vote, to the apparent dismay of the office worker. They are accompanied by young Jonathon King and Slater King (far right).Photograph of Albany, Georgia residents Thomas Chatmon, Marion King, an unidentified voter, and Slater King participating in voter registration. The office worker, a white woman, stands behind the counter and seems to be protesting their registration.The Albany Movement began in fall 1961 and ended in summer 1962. It was the first mass movement in the modern civil rights era to have as its goal the desegregation of an entire community, and it resulted in the jailing of more than 1,000 African Americans in Albany and surrounding rural counties.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/albany-movementForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/albany-movementForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaCivil rights workers--Georgia--AlbanyAfrican American civil rights workers--Georgia--AlbanyAfrican American businesspeople--Georgia--AlbanyBusinesspeople--Georgia--AlbanyBusinessmen--Georgia--AlbanyCivil rights--Georgia--AlbanyAfrican Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--AlbanyAfrican American children--Georgia--AlbanyChildren--Georgia--AlbanyWomen--Georgia--AlbanyMen--Georgia--AlbanyAfrican American men--Georgia--AlbanyAfrican American women--Georgia--AlbanyAfrican American women civil rights workers--Georgia--AlbanyVoter registration--Georgia--AlbanyRacism--Georgia--AlbanyAfrican Americans--Race discriminationAfrican Americans--Social conditionsAlbany Movement (Albany, Ga.)Albany MovementStillImage