- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Anderson, William G. D.O., American, born 1927
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- United States Navy, American, founded 1775
- Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Meet the Press, American, founded 1947
- Pritchett, Laurie, American, 1926 - 2000
- Date
- July 26, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 2 hr., 32 min., 47 sec.
- Total: 178.08 GB
- Description
- The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.41.1a, 2011.174.41.1b, 2011.174.41.1c, 2011.174.41.1d, 2011.174.41.1e, and 2011.174.41.1f.
- William Anderson, D.O. recalls growing up in Americus, Georgia, serving in the navy during World War II, and his friendships with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy. He remembers opening his osteopath practice in Albany, Georgia, becoming a leader of the Albany Movement, and supporting protesters from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He discusses his several arrests with King and Abernathy, appearing on Meet the Press, the closing of all public facilities in Albany, and his later friendship with Sheriff Laurie Pritchett.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0041
- Place collected
- Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Americus, Sumter County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Albany Movement
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Medicine
- Military
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- World War II
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2011.174.41.1a-f
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.