William G. Anderson, D.O. Oral History Interview

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

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.

Catalog date

July 26, 2011

Recorded places

Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America; Americus, Sumter County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America; Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Medicine; Military; Social reform

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