# William G. Anderson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Detroit, Michigan, 2011 July 26

William Anderson recalls growing up in Americus, Georgia, serving in the navy during World War II, and his friendships with Martin Luther King, Jr., and Ralph 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.

- Kind: Interview
- Year: 2011
- Runtime: 1 h 47 min
- By: Anderson, William G.
- Genres: War, History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2015669140/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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