Charles Melvin Sherrod[1] (January 2, 1937 – October 11, 2022) was an American minister and civil rights activist.[2][3][4] During the civil rights movement, Sherrod helped found the Albany Movement while serving as field secretary for southwest Georgia for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He also participated in the Selma Voting Rights Movement and in many other campaigns of the civil rights movement of that era.
Sherrod's activism continued throughout his life through the Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education (SWGAP), New Communities, and as an Albany City Council Member.[5] He was married to former U.S. Department of Agriculture official Shirley Sherrod.
^"Charles Melvin Sherrod oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Albany, Georgia, 2011 June 04". Library of Congress.
^Richardson, Christopher M.; Luker, Ralph E. (June 11, 2014). Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights Movement. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810880375 – via Google Books.
^"This Far by Faith . Charles Sherrod | PBS". www.pbs.org.
^WALB News Team. "Charles Sherrod, Albany Civil Rights Movement spearhead, dies at 85". WALB News.
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