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“Montgomery Bus Boycott”	Records that have the exact phrase Montgomery Bus Boycott
Albany OR Augusta +integration	Records with the word integration that also contain the words Albany and/or Augusta
King -Martin	Records with the name King but not the name Martin
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Description:: Online exhibit about the 1960s student protests in Chapel Hill, N.C
Date of Original:: 2007
Contributing Institution:: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library

Description:: The Ebony Herald was the first minority publication of East Carolina University. It was printed from 1975 through 1984.
Date of Original:: 1975/1984-11
Contributing Institution:: J.Y. Joyner Library

Description:: Civil rights related oral histories from the collections of the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina.
Date of Original:: 1972/2014
Contributing Institution:: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

Description:: Professor John Burrison founded the Atlanta Folklore Archive recordings in 1967 at Georgia State University. He trained undergraduates and graduate students enrolled in his folklore curriculum to conduct oral history interviews. Students interviewed men, women, and children of various demographics in Georgia and across the southeast on crafts, storytelling, music, and traditions.
Date of Original:: 1966/1970
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta History Center

Description:: Southern School News is the official publication of the Southern Education Reporting Service, an objective, fact-finding agency established by southern newspaper editors and educators with the aim of providing accurate, unbiased information to school administrators, public officials and interested lay citizens on developments in education arising from the U.S. Supreme Court opinion of May 17, 1954 declaring segregation in the schools unconstitutional.
Date of Original:: 1954/1965
Contributing Institution:: University of Georgia. Libraries

Description:: Items related to John H. Wheeler, who was heavily involved in politics and education through various positions within the federal government and on various boards of trustees for institutions like Morehouse College, Atlanta University, Lincoln Hospital, and the National Scholarship Service for Negro Students.
Date of Original:: 1895/1973
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Description:: This collection traces the history and culture of African Americans particularly in the Eastern North Carolina region.
Date of Original:: 1728/2018
Contributing Institution:: J.Y. Joyner Library

Description:: Encyclopedia articles on North Carolina's civil rights leaders, court cases, and events.
Contributing Institution:: North Carolina. Division of State Library

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