Malvin Gray Johnson
Malvin Gray Johnson was an influential African American artist during the Harlem Renaissance in the early 20th century. Born on October 28, 1896, in Greensboro,...
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Archibald Motley, Jr.
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Archibald Motley, Jr. was an influential African-American artist known for his vibrant and dynamic paintings depicting life in 20th-century America. Born on October 7, 1891,...
Emory Douglas
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Emory Douglas is an American artist, best known for his work as the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party from 1967 until the...
Freedom Singers
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During the early 1960s the Freedom Singers, from Albany, performed throughout the country to raise funds for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and to...
William G. Anderson
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During the early 1960s, William G. Anderson received national attention as the president of the Albany Movement. Thereafter, he distinguished himself as an osteopathic physician,...
Slater King
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Civil rights activist Slater King was a successful real estate broker who focused his entrepreneurial skills on farsighted plans to help African Americans in Albany...
Laurie Pritchett
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As police chief of Albany, Georgia, Laurie Pritchett gained national attention when he effectively thwarted the efforts of the Albany Movement in 1961–1962. Pritchett’s nonviolent...
The Albany Movement
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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...
C. B. King
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C. B. King was a prominent African American lawyer known for his courage, courtroom eloquence, and legal skills in the face of fierce and even...
Robert Benham
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Robert Benham, the first African American chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, also made history both as the first African American to establish...