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| Creator: | WALB (Television station : Albany, Ga.) |
| Title: | WALB newsfilm clip of police chief Laurie Pritchett speaking about the arrests of kneel-in participants at city hall in Albany, Georgia, 1962 July 27 |
| Date: | 1962 July 27 |
| Description: | In this WALB newsfilm clip from July 27, 1962, Albany police chief Laurie Pritchett speaks to reporters from his office regarding the arrest of participants in the Albany City Hall kneel-in led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Reverend Ralph D. Abernathy, and Dr. William G. Anderson shortly after 3:00 that afternoon. Pritchett reports that about ten African Americans, including King, Abernathy, and Anderson, were arrested "for disorderly conduct by creating a general disturbance in the uptown area, congregating on the sidewalk, and failing to obey an officer's command." King and Abernathy of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); as well as Anderson and Slater King, president and vice president of the Albany Movement respectively; led the kneel-in at city hall with the stated objective of speaking to city commissioners regarding the Albany Movement's concerns. Chief Pritchett informed the gathering that the commission would not be available for discussion before the scheduled meeting on August 7. In response, Abernathy led a prayer for the city, the civil rights movement, and the leaders of both organizations before the police arrested the group. A second kneel-in at city hall later that day, led by Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) member Charles Jones, resulted in more arrests. 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 digital conversion and description of the WALB News Film collection. Title provided by cataloger. |
| Types: | Moving images | News | Unedited footage |
| Subjects: | Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 | Anderson, William G., 1927- | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 | Pritchett, Laurie, 1926-2000 | King, Slater, 1927-1969 | African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Albany | African American physicians--Georgia--Albany | African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Albany | African Americans--Politics and government | Arrest--Georgia--Albany | Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Albany | Civil rights movements--Georgia--Albany | Civil rights workers--Georgia--Albany | Interviews--Georgia--Albany | Kneel-ins--Georgia--Albany | Physicians--Georgia--Albany | Police--Georgia--Albany | Prayer--Georgia--Albany | Press conferences--Georgia--Albany | Public worship--Georgia--Albany | Reporters and reporting--Georgia--Albany | Disorderly conduct--Georgia--Albany | Albany (Ga.) | Dougherty County (Ga.) |
| Collection: | WALB Newsfilm |
| Institution: | Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection |
| Contributors: | Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection | Digital Library of Georgia | Civil Rights Digital Library Collection (Digital Library of Georgia) | Pritchett, Laurie, 1926-2000 |
| Online Publisher: | [Athens, Ga.] : Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection and the Digital Library of Georgia | 2007 |
| Original Material: | 1 clip (ca. 30 sec.) : b&w, sd. ; 16 mm. Original found in the WALB newsfilm collection. |
| Rights and Usage: | Cite as: WALB newsfilm clip of police chief Laurie Pritchett speaking about the arrests of kneel-in participants at city hall in Albany, Georgia, 1962 July 27, Albany Movement compilation, WALB News Film collection, Albany Movement Compilation Roll 2 [Tape 1], Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Award Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Ga., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia. |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of: Civil Rights Digital Library. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/crdl/id:ugabma_walb_walb00048 |
