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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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Clear All State North Carolina Type Sound Rights In Copyright

Description:: Black-and-white photographs and documents covering the Civil Rights movement in Durham, North Carolina during the 1960s.
Date of Original:: 2003/9999
Contributing Institution:: Durham County (N.C.). 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:: Oral histories documenting the Civil Rights movement in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Date of Original:: 1970/2002
Contributing Institution:: Greensboro Public Library (Greensboro, N.C.)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries

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:: History of African American life during the age of Jim Crow, roughly the period from the 1890s to the 1950s.
Date of Original:: 1890/1959
Contributing Institution:: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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