1 nov 1961 anni - Albany, Georgia

Descrizione:

SNCC mobilised students to protest about the segregation and disenfranchisement experienced there. The law forbade segregation in interstate travel services; however, segregation still existed and this is what forced the students to protest. Hundreds were arrested. King was invited to join (angered SNCC). He led one protest march and got arrested. No violence was used by the authorities (Laurie Pritchett - chief of police)

Protests became less and less well supported. Albany was recognised as a major defeat by the civil rights movement. However, the bus station was desegregated and a few more blacks registered their right to vote.