The Albany Movement, which was a catalyst for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s later civil rights efforts, was very much a movement driven by young people, and Reagon was an early participant.

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - It was a picture seen worldwide. A picture of a girl being hauled off the steps of what was known as the Carnegie Library during an Albany Movement protest.

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.

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.

ALBANY, Georgia (Albany Herald) — 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 ...

ALBANY, Georgia (Albany Herald) — 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 ...

ALBANY, Georgia (Albany Herald) — 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 ...