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| Creator: | Turner, Irene |
| Title: | Albany Civil Rights Movement Museum |
| Date: | 2007 June 15 |
| Description: | 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. |
| Types: | Articles |
| Subjects: | Civil rights movements--Museums--Georgia--Albany | Albany (Ga.)--Race relations--History | Museums--Georgia--Albany | Albany Civil Rights Movement Museum (Albany, Ga.) | Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.) | Mt. Zion First Baptist Church (Albany, Ga.) | Albany (Ga.) | Dougherty County (Ga.) |
| Collection: | New Georgia Encyclopedia |
| Institution: | New Georgia Encyclopedia |
| Contributors: | New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project) | Georgia Humanities Council | University of Georgia. Press | Merrill-Hall New Media | GALILEO (Georgia statewide project) |
| Online Publisher: | [Athens, Ga.] : Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press | 2007-06-15 |
| Rights and Usage: | If you wish to use content from the NGE site for commercial use, publication, or any purpose other than fair use as defined by law, you must request and receive written permission from the NGE. Such requests may be directed to: Permissions/NGE, University of Georgia Press, 330 Research Drive, Athens, GA 30602. Cite as: "Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org. |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3211 |
