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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
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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:: The Maurice Pennington political cartoon collection contains sketches of his political cartoons drawn for the Atlanta Inquirer, some original artwork, articles and programs from exhibitions. Most of the works were created during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.
Date of Original:: 1960/1970
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

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

Description:: This digital collection consists of reports relating to implementation of school desegregation that were sent to M. Hayes Mizell in his role with the American Friends Service Committee, his own speeches and writings, and photographs.
Date of Original:: 1950/2024
Contributing Institution:: South Caroliniana Library
University of South Carolina. Libraries

Description:: South Carolina Council on Human Relations (SCCHR) played a key role in fostering better living and social conditions for African Americans and promoting racial harmony within South Carolina and the South generally. Its archives document the movement for civil rights within South Carolina during the twentieth century.
Date of Original:: 1930/1975
Contributing Institution:: University of South Carolina. Libraries
Sensitive Content:: This collection contains a great deal of historical information, and in some documents you will find racial slurs. The University of South Carolina Libraries does not promote or endorse these slurs, but instead looks to provide unedited historical documents about the civil rights movement in South Carolina.

Description:: The American Baptist College collection is comprised of yearbooks, catalogues, bulletins, Garnett-Narbrit Lecture series programs, photographs, and audio visual assets ranging from 1924 to present, demonstrating it's rich history commitment to students' success.
Date of Original:: 1924/9999
Contributing Institution:: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Library Alliance

Description:: The I.S. Leevy collection contains a biography, newspaper clippings, personal correspondence and ephemera, and multiple school notebooks from Isaac Samuel Leevy’s time at Hampton Institute (Hampton Junior School) in Hampton, Virginia.
Date of Original:: 1905/1973
Contributing Institution:: South Caroliniana Library
University of South Carolina. Libraries

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

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