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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

Clear All Medium legislative records

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Civil rights documentation project

Description:: Instructional Web site focusing on the story of the legislative process related to the Civil Rights movement.
Date of Original:: 1963/1965
Contributing Institution:: Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center

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Digital resource for teaching African American history

Description:: Multimedia resource for secondary school teachers to enhance their knowledge and ability in teaching African American history.
Date of Original:: 1954/1975
Contributing Institution:: Columbia Center for Digital Research and Scholarship

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Lloyd L. Gaines collection

Description:: Documents relating to the 1938 U.S. Supreme Court case, State of Missouri ex rel Gaines v. Canada, which paved the way for a series of cases that would lead to Brown v. Board of Education's outlawing segregation in public education.
Date of Original:: 1911/2006
Contributing Institution:: University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Law. Library

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Land of (unequal) opportunity : documenting the civil rights struggle in Arkansas

Description:: Textual and visual materials relating to civil rights in Arkansas.
Date of Original:: 1835/2005
Contributing Institution:: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Libraries
Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
Ouachita Baptist University. Archives
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Torreyson Library

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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History : the collection

Description:: Documents and realia from the collections of the Gilder Lehrman Institute documenting African Americans from the discovery of America through the Civil Rights movement.
Date of Original:: 1493/2002
Contributing Institution:: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History