To what extent can the failure of the Albany Movement be attributed to Police Chief Laurie Pritchett? 2930 words

To What Extent Can the Failure of the Albany Movement be attributed to Police Chief Laurie Pritchett? In 1961 Albany, Georgia, was a small semi-rural community, in part dependent upon farming. It was completely segregated with "twenty three thousand black residents and thirty three thousand whites." The interplay was non existent and most of the people who lived in Albany had come to accept things as they were. Historians have debated the cause of this civil …

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