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Albany civil rights memorial

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Photograph of the Albany Civil Rights Memorial, which is located in Albany, Georgia's Charles Sherrod Civil Rights Park. The memorial is situated in a circular fountain. Four granite markers stand around the center fountain, from which a spray of water rises into the air.The park is named for civil rights worker Charles Sherrod, who came to Albany in 1961 with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to organize a voter registration drive.
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New Georgia Encyclopedia

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  1. African Americans
  2. Albany
  3. Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.)
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Fountains
  6. Georgia
  7. Memorials
  8. Monuments
  9. Sherrod, Charles, 1937

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