Chief of police of Albany, Georgia during the Albany Movement
Laurie Pritchett (December 9, 1926 – November 13, 2000) was city Chief of Police in Albany, Georgia, best known for his actions in 1961 and 1962 suppressing the city's civil rights demonstrations by the Albany Movement.[1]
^Wexler, Sanford; Bond, Julian (1993). An Eyewitness History: The Civil Rights Movement (1st ed.). New York: NY: Facts on File.