Evening star., 1962-09-18


the Albany movement, has
gone into business for him.
self.
"I dreamed of starting out
on my own, but I didn't have
the nerve until the Move
ment," he said.
'Made a Man Of Me"
The Movement has cap
tured the imagination.
1T has made me a man."
said the assistant manager
of a life insurance company.
A 72-year-old clerk in the
Little Acorn Liquor Store
said Of the leader Of the
movement, DR.. Anderson:
He deserves more credit
than he gets. He has planted
very good seed here, and he
will reap a good harvest"
This town." said an old
woman on a porch in a run
down Negro section, 'is be-
hind DR.. Anderson. Believe
me, the colored folks are be-
hind him because he's for us.
He amt highfalutin' like
some people"
And there was an old
farmer. a Negro. standing in
a Terrell County cottonfield,
Is miles from Albany.
THE Albany Movement"
he said, "sure is q powerful
thing"
It has broken through, ac-
cording to some Negroes. an
apathetic, docile attitude
long held by the Deep South
Negro in his relationship
with the white man. Now he
finds the courage to protest.
THE old relationship Of
master and servant will
never return" one Negro
leader asserted. 7
The Albany Movement"
said c. B. King. the only
Negro attorney in the COM
munity, was the catalyst
which emancipated the
minds and attitudes Of the
Negro community. / do not
share the attitude of other
lawyers and civil rights
organizations that direct ac-
ton has little or no real ef-
feet in matters like this"
Some Opposition
There is some opposition
among Negroes to the move
ment.
"A few don't like the
methods we use." said DR..
Anderson, because they want
to beg, scrape and bow for
what little scrap they hope
the white man will throw
them"
Other Negroes express dis
appointment because the
demonstrations have stopped.
Perhaps the town survives
because Of one man, a young,
burly police chief who exudes
authority. He is Laurie
Pritchett, only 81.
He has won the respect
of the white and the Negro.
He has prevented the poten-
italy dangerous demonstra-
tions from exploding. The
white and Negro rough boys
have been held in check.
The chief does not talk
much.
THE law is going to be
enforced" he said to a re-
porter. There is not going
to be any violence here"
Other Georgia towns are
after him. There is a need
for good police chiefs for the
struggles ahead.
Night Scene
Late one night Negroes
still loafed and chatted
around the theater and liquor
stores. Some played checkers
on the sidewalk with bottle
caps.
Up the street, in a white
bar. a young white drummer
came off the band stand and
had a beer. The dance floor
was empty. The place was
dark.
ITS. no good here" he
said. People don't come to
town any more. They don't
want to bring their wives. A
year ago this place would
have been filled.
They'll win. There's no
doubt. The Federal Govern
ment will give them any
thing they want. Maybe we
can get a job in Atlanta. :"
But at another bar. in the
basement of a hotel, a good
crowd, all-white, danced and
slipped while a combo played
on. The four musicians were
Negro.
A few days back, both
white and Negro had gone to
the polls together without
incident.
And on the street, Negro
and white pass without, obvi-
Gus bitterness or whispered
remarks.
There is a chance, it seems,
that Albany has a peaceful
future.