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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
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Description:: Audiovisual recordings and still images created by Clifton during visits to sites in Mississippi significant to the kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till.
Date of Original:: 2017
Contributing Institution:: Florida State University Libraries. Special Collections

Description:: Photographs, audio, and moving image files dating from 2004 to 2012 that document the Spelman Independent Scholars program, a two-semester independent, interdisciplinary, and intergenerational learning experience open to students across all majors.
Date of Original:: 2004/2012
Contributing Institution:: Spelman College

Description:: An oral history interview from 2020 and a photograph from 1980-1989 documenting the lives and experiences of Barbara Freeman Cooper and Eartha Bryant Head, two African American women who grew up in the Lemon Street neighborhood of Marietta, Georgia.
Date of Original:: 1980/2020
Contributing Institution:: Kennesaw State University. Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management

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:: Photographs taken by white journalist Boyd Lewis, who worked for two of Atlanta's African American newspapers, the Atlanta Voice and the Atlanta Inquirer between 1970 and 1982. Lewis' work depicts the rise of the African American political class, journalists, social activists, clergy, students, and Atlanta neighborhoods.
Date of Original:: 1970/1982
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta History Center

Description:: The Maynard Jackson mayoral administrative records consist of materials spanning the years 1968 to 1994, including photographs, general correspondence, mayoral campaign materials, and printed and published materials and correspondence related to the Atlanta Child Murders.
Date of Original:: 1968/1994
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Description:: Oral history interviews and photographs dating from 1960-2020 that document the public service and civil rights work of Anthony Coleman, who represented Ward 5 on the Marietta, Georgia city council from 2001-2016 and served on the executive board of the Cobb County branch of the NAACP.
Date of Original:: 1960/2020
Contributing Institution:: Kennesaw State University. Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management

Description:: Materials dating from 1960-2020 that document the life and career of Cheryl Long, an African American woman who grew up in the Louisville neighborhood of Marietta, Georgia, and graduated as part of Marietta High School's first integrated senior class in 1968.
Date of Original:: 1960/2020
Contributing Institution:: Kennesaw State University. Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management

Description:: Photographs of African American schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia from the 1950s and 1960s.
Date of Original:: 1959/2003
Contributing Institution:: James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives

Description:: Collection of images of school desegregation protests in Farmville, Virginia, the county seat of Prince Edward County.
Date of Original:: 1959/1969
Contributing Institution:: James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives

Description:: Photographs and files of the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission, the state's official counter civil rights agency from 1956 to 1973.
Date of Original:: 1956/1973
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Description:: This digital collection includes calendars, letters, publications, essays, speeches and other papers documenting James T. McCain’s involvement with local and national civil rights organizations. The bulk of the items evidence his interest in local issues such as illiteracy, integration of public schools, and voter turnout in South Carolina’s African American community.
Date of Original:: 1955/2003
Contributing Institution:: South Caroliniana Library
University of South Carolina. Libraries

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