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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
“Freedom Rides” AND Carter	Records containing the phrase “Freedom Rides” and the name Carter
Selma AND (Lewis OR Williams)	Records containing the words Selma and Lewis or Selma and Williams

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Description:: Photographs, video, and articles about the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' strike and King's role in the strike.
Date of Original:: 2006
Contributing Institution:: AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees)

Description:: The Bethune-Cookman University digital collection is comprised of images reflecting the people, institutions, and structures important to the history of the school. These images preserve the heritage of Bethune-Cookman University ranging from 1975 to 2005, reflecting the progression of African-American education, culture, and community.
Date of Original:: 1975/2005
Contributing Institution:: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Library Alliance

Description:: The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, 1946-2014, contains approximately 450 linear feet of personal papers, sermons, speeches, correspondence, SCLC and SCLC/WOMEN records, and hundreds of historical photographs and audiovisual records documenting the Lowery's struggle of justice and equality. The Lowery Trust granted sole ownership of the collection to Morehouse College in March 2021. Shortly thereafter, the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library was formally designated as custodian of the collection with responsibilities for housing and providing access for students, scholars, researchers, and the global community.
Date of Original:: 1946/2014
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Description:: Online scrapbook documenting African American life in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina from the 1940s through the 1990s.
Date of Original:: 1940/1999
Contributing Institution:: Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (N.C.)

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Date of Original:: 1940/1979
Contributing Institution:: South Carolina. Educational Television Commission

Description:: Moving images, instructional materials, and sound recordings illustrating the Civil Rights movement in Florida
Date of Original:: 1900/1999
Contributing Institution:: Florida Humanities Council

Description:: The Digital Collection of the Robert W. Woodruff Library consists of photographic images and publications from the Archives and Special Collections Department documenting the early history of the Atlanta University Center (AUC) institutions. These "founding documents" encompass pictures of AUC member institution presidents, faculty, students, alumni, earliest buildings, and an electronically searchable text of the Atlanta University Bulletin dating from 1883 to 1910.
Date of Original:: 1869/2004
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Description:: Companion Web site to film on the Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky
Date of Original:: 1792/1996
Contributing Institution:: Kentucky Educational Television

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