Document Type
Newsletter
Publication Year
1962
Excerpt
Albany is a symbol of opposition and determination. The police and governmental forces of the town as well as the daily press are opposing with might and main any change in the status quo in race relations in that hitherto unpublicized city of southwestern Georgia. The 24,000 Negro citizens who constitute 42% of Albany's population are a symbol of determination. They are determined to change the Jim Crow status in which they find themselves. Although their educational and economic level is higher than that of their parents and grandparents, their condition as human beings among human beings has not changed materially. What they get, what they do, and where they go are always determined by the city officials and the police who represent or claim to represent the attitude of the white population of Albany and the surrounding counties.
Recommended Citation
Lutheran Human Relations Association of America, "The Vanguard (Vol. 9, No. 8), Sep-Oct 1962" (1962). The Vanguard. 68.
https://scholar.valpo.edu/vanguard/68
