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W. G. Anderson

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1960s
State:Georgia
Support
Civil Rights
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Biography

Dr. W. G. Anderson was the leader of the Albany Movement, the broad desegregation campaign in Albany, Georgia. He was among those arrested in the December 1961 mass demonstrations in which some 750 people — including Martin Luther King Jr. — were jailed.

Case

Charges: Civil-rights demonstration arrests — the Albany Movement
Sentence: Jailed in the Albany Movement mass arrests
Convicted: Arrested December 1961