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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:: Photographs dating between 1918 and 1990 from the Los Angeles Times newspaper.
Date of Original:: 1918/1990
Contributing Institution:: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections

Description:: Activist Modjeska Simkins of Columbia, S.C. served as the South Carolina State Secretary for the NAACP, 1941-1957; as Campaign Director for the renovation of Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital, 1944-1950; as Public Relations Director for the Richland County Citizens Committee, 1956-1988; and as President of the Southern Conference Educational Fund, 1972-1974.
Date of Original:: 1909/1992
Contributing Institution:: South Caroliniana Library
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

Description:: A collection of photographs of the architecture, businesses, and people of Birmingham. Included in the collection are portraits of prominent historical figures and photographs that document the civil rights movement in the city.
Date of Original:: 1908/1966
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

Description:: Selections from the collections of Wake County, North Carolina's first African American librarian, Mollie Huston Lee.
Date of Original:: 1907/1982
Contributing Institution:: Richard B. Harrison Library (Raleigh, N.C.)

Description:: Documents from the Papers of Robert E. McNair at South Carolina Political Collections
Date of Original:: 1905/1989
Contributing Institution:: South Caroliniana Library

Description:: Building the African-American Community is a collection of photographs and texts largely from the Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum, dedicated to preserving the African-American cultural history of Austin, Texas.
Date of Original:: 1900/1985
Contributing Institution:: Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum
Marfa Public Library (Marfa, Tex.)

Description:: Selected photographs from the Indianapolis Recorder, Indiana's longest continuously-operated African American newspaper.
Date of Original:: 1900/1987
Contributing Institution:: Indiana Historical Society

Description:: Images providing an overview the early years of Tennessee State University, a historically Black university founded in 1912 as the State Normal School for Negroes.
Date of Original:: 1900/1984
Contributing Institution:: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Library Alliance

Description:: Black-and-white photographs dating from 1893 to 1975 of the career of Atlanta police chief Herbert T. Jenkins including images of African American police officers and the Summerhill riots in 1966.
Date of Original:: 1893/1975
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta History Center

Description:: Eugene Avery Adams (1886-1958) was a minister in the African American Episcopal Church and a leader in the fields of education, civil rights, and business.
Date of Original:: 1892/1968
Contributing Institution:: South Caroliniana Library

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