60's Notes

Albany, Georgia - Martin Luther King Jr. who began to emerge as a powerful leader. focused the movement on Albany and goes face to face with Laurie Pritchett , the Albany police chief,. Pritchett studied King’s tactics and prepared for mlk Mlk’s strategy - which was 1. to keep filling the jails and 2. to use police officers short temper to get a reaction which will create publicity. Pritchett’s strategy – He read Mlk’s book, …

…to calm everyone down. Court ruled for the march to occur, but Wallace refused to provide protection. Johnson federalized the national guard and ordered them to protect the marchers. 25,000 marched. It was the last time there was a coalition between the younger SNCC, and older SCLC. - April 3rd, 1965 King gives amazing speech, focuses on how he won’t be around forever. He is shot the next day on the balcony by James Earl Ray. -