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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:: Eisenhower administration records on the integration of Central High School in Little Rock.
Date of Original:: 1957/1958
Contributing Institution:: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

Description:: Footage of the Highlander Folks School anniversary celebration in 1957 and the subsequent broadside produced by the pro-segregation Georgia Commission on Education.
Date of Original:: 1957
Contributing Institution:: Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

Description:: Civil rights-related correspondence of Senator Albert Gore, Sr. from 1956 to 1968
Date of Original:: 1956/1968
Contributing Institution:: Albert Gore Research Center (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)

Description:: Documents, sound recordings, and visual images covering the Civil Rights movement in Alabama and the work of Southern activists.
Date of Original:: 1956/1974
Contributing Institution:: Pennsylvania State University. Special Collections Library

Description:: Correspondence regarding the Anisfield-Wolf Award Committee, books that have been nominated for the award, and personal matters. The collection also includes a carbon from Norman Cousins to Lillian Smith, and a telegram announcing Smith's death.
Date of Original:: 1956/1966
Contributing Institution:: Hargrett Library

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:: Online exhibit on the Montgomery bus boycott featuring photographs and other documents.
Date of Original:: 1955/1956
Contributing Institution:: IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law

Description:: Lesson plans designed to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education by highlighting significant Delaware school desegregation cases, the state's implementation of the Brown decision, and Delaware's role in the development of national civil rights laws.
Date of Original:: 1954/2007
Contributing Institution:: Delaware Law Related Education Center, Inc.

Description:: Online exhibit mounted by the Library of Congress documenting Brown v. the Board of Education.
Date of Original:: 1954/2004
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

Description:: Magazines, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets published by various Citizens Councils in Mississippi from 1952 to 1986 detailing their views on race and segregation.
Date of Original:: 1952/1986
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
Sensitive Content:: Some of the images and language that appear in this digital collection depict prejudices that are not condoned by the University of Mississippi. This content is being presented as historical documents to aid in the understanding of both American history and the history of the University of Mississippi. The University Creed speaks to our current deeply held values, and the availability of this content should not be taken as an endorsement of previous attitudes or behavior.

Description:: Eisenhower administration documents related to the Brown versus the Board of Education case
Date of Original:: 1951
1953/1954
1957
Contributing Institution:: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

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