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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27FA_c-b-chevene-bowers-king_Albany-GA.html
C.B. King dreamed of becoming a lawyer. He had served in the United States Navy and graduated from Fisk University. Because there was no law school for Blacks in segregated Georgia, he earned a law degree from Case Western Reserve University Law S…
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On February 9, 1889, the first electric lights brightened Broad and Washington Street in Albany. The City had the first Edison municipal incandescent system ever erected in the South, making Albany famous and attracting tourists from throughout th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27E3_de-soto-in-georgia_Albany-GA.html
In May 1539, Hernando de Soto landed in Florida with over 600 people, 220 horses and mules, and a herd of swine reserved for famine. Fired by his success in Pizarro's conquest of Peru, De Soto had been granted the rights, by the King of Spain, to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27E2_albany-home-of-governor-george-d-busbee_Albany-GA.html
Governor George Busbee (1927-2004) and his family lived in this ranch style home (c.1956) from 1962 until 1983. Busbee launched his underdog campaign from this residence in 1974 to become Georgia's 77th governor with the slogan, "Elect a Work…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27E1_phoebe-putney-memorial-hospital_Albany-GA.html
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital began operation on July 31, 1911, as one of the first public hospitals in the region. Judge Francis Flagg Putney made the founding donation of $25,000, though other money and goods were donated by both white and bla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27E0_georgia-civil-rights-trail-the-albany-movement_Albany-GA.html
The Albany Movement began here, at Shiloh Baptist Church, in November 1961. A coalition of black improvement associations and student activists from SNCC and Albany State College, the protest group set an unprecedented goal: the desegregation of a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27DR_edward-vason-jones_Albany-GA.html
Edward Vason Jones, born in Albany on August 3, 1909, was a nationally recognized 20th-century classical architect and designer. Originally a student of dentistry at Northwestern University, Jones was a self-taught architect and began his career a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27DO_freedom-alley-and-city-hall_Albany-GA.html
During the Albany Movement (1961-1963), as part of the Civil Rights Movement, the area here bordering the former Albany City Hall and jail became known as Freedom Alley. Located at what is now the Central Square Government Complex, the location se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20ZQ_ray-charles_Albany-GA.html
Ray Charles was a pioneering Musician who shaped the sound of Rhythm and Blues. Born in Albany, Georgia, Charles was blind by age six. He later became known as one of the wolds's most loved entertainers and called "The Genius of Soul" for his inno…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRBH_cox-landing-park_Albany-GA.html
In memory of Albany native
Private Henry Cleve Cox, Jr.,
2nd Infantry Division - Medical Corps,killed in action, August 25, 1944,during the Battle forBrest, France.
Prior to his death, he was recognized forrisking his life to save others …