Albany Civil Rights Institute Turner, Irene Albany Civil Rights Movement Museum (Albany, Ga.) Civil rights movements--Museums--Georgia--Albany Albany (Ga.)--Race relations--History Museums--Georgia--Albany Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.) Mt. Zion First Baptist Church (Albany, Ga.) Encyclopedia article about the Albany Civil Rights Institute (formerly the Albany Civil Rights Movement Museum), which commemorates the 1960s civil rights movement in southwest Georgia. The museum is housed in the old Mt. Zion Baptist Church where mass meetings were held, including the first mass meeting of the Albany Movement in November, 1961. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. [Athens, Ga.] : Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project) Georgia Humanities Council University of Georgia. Press Merrill-Hall New Media GALILEO (Georgia statewide project) 2007-06-15 Articles http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3211 Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia. 2007-06-15 Albany (Ga.) Dougherty County (Ga.) If you wish to use content from the NGE site for commercial use, publication, or any purpose other than fair use as defined by law, you must request and receive written permission from the NGE. Such requests may be directed to: Permissions/NGE, University of Georgia Press, 330 Research Drive, Athens, GA 30602. Cite as: "Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.