More than 700 demonstrators, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., were arrested in Albany, Georgia, during five mass marches to city hall protesting segregation. These arrests catalyzed the Albany Movement, one of the first major efforts to desegregate an entire community in the Deep South.
The movement was a coalition of local activists, students, and national organizations like the NAACP and SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee). Although the Albany Movement faced challenges, it laid a crucial foundation for future civil rights campaigns, emphasizing mass mobilization and the strategic use of nonviolent resistance.
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