At just 12 years old, Gwendolyn Crawford spent over 10 days in jail after she protested for equal rights at Carnegie Library.

An Albany-based cultural projects firm is asking that the main branch of the Dougherty County Public Library be named in honor of a 12-year-old civil rights "foot soldier." Albany native Gwendolyn ...

Albany native Gwendolyn Crawford, now 74, became an iconic image of the 1961-62 Albany Movement after she and others were arrested for attempting to desegregate Albany’s downtown library.

For Robert Sibley, voting is a very important duty at any time. But when he cast his vote at the Shiloh Baptist Church ...

It was also a key site in the civil rights movement, giving birth to the Albany Movement against desegregation across the region in 1961. Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., a Democrat who represents ...

New Albany Main Street has seen much success in community growth and revitalization efforts since 1997 but needs more ...

This movement is real, it is here to stay ... They are not interested in the ideological experiments coming from Albany and ...