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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:: The Concerned White Citizens of Alabama records consist of the organization’s constitution, statement of purpose, minutes from meetings, and correspondence between officers of the organization and a variety of supporters, media representatives, and elected officials. In addition, the records contain membership cards, mailing lists, envelopes, flyers, bank statements, and many more. Of particular interest are flyers distributed throughout the state by the CWCA, as well as a series of sworn citizens’ statements related to the case of Caliph Washington.
Date of Original:: 1960/1969
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Birmingham, Ala.)

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 Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine preserves, and makes available to the public, historical material documenting local race relations during the 1960s. In collaboration between Flagler College faculty and students, members of the community, and other archives and organizations, the Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine has collected oral histories, interviews, documents, and photographs.
Date of Original:: 1960/1969
Contributing Institution:: Samuel Proctor Oral History Program
St. Augustine Historical Society
St. Johns County Sheriff's Office
Proctor Library
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Atlanta Branch
Alabama. Department of Archives and History
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
Saint Johns County School District (Fla.)
Florida State Archives

Description:
Date of Original:: 1960/1989
Contributing Institution:: University of Miami. Library. Special Collections

Description:: Civil rights-related materials belonging to Georgia Highlands College
Date of Original:: 1960/1969
Contributing Institution:: Georgia Highlands College

Description:: The collection consists of four annotated letters from Lillian Smith to Rochelle Girson. Correspondences regard Ms. Smith's selection of books on race relations for the Anisfield-Wolf Award, and include her opinions of works by Louis Lomax, Peter Ritson, and Charles Dickens.
Date of Original:: 1960
Contributing Institution:: Hargrett Library

Description:: Sound recordings, moving images, photographs, and manuscript materials related to the Civil Rights movement in Milwaukee.
Date of Original:: 1960/1969
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society
Golda Meir Library. Special Collections

Description:
Date of Original:: 1960/1969
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

Description:: Collection of interviews and news broadcasts covering Martin Luther King's assassination, the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, and other civil rights related news and events. Audio collected by the Memphis Search for Meaning Committee from 1968-1973.
Date of Original:: 1960/1973
Contributing Institution:: Rhodes College

Description:: Traces Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from its beginnings in the Greensboro-inspired sit-ins in February 1960 through 1966 when Stokely Carmichael took over leadership from John Lewis.
Date of Original:: 1960/1966
Contributing Institution:: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Description:: Papers of Theresa El-Amin, activist and union organizer who was involved with the Coalition of Labor Union Women, the Service Employees International Union, the Black Radical Congress, the Black Workers for Justice, Jobs with Justice, Solidarity, and the Durham NAACP.
Date of Original:: 1960/2010
Contributing Institution:: Duke University. Library

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