William G. Anderson, D.O. Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

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.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: July 26, 2011
• Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
• Interview of: William G. Anderson D.O., American, born 1927
• Interviewed by: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
• Subject of: United States Navy, American, founded 1775
• Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
• Subject of: Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, American, 1926 - 1990
• Subject of: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
• Subject of: Meet the Press, American, founded 1947
• Type: video recordings
• Type: oral histories
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration: 2 hr., 32 min., 47 sec.
• Dimensions: Total: 178.08 GB
• Place collected: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Americus, Sumter County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Medicine
• Topic: Military
• Topic: Social reform
• Object number: 2011.174.41.1a-f
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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