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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
King -Martin	Records with the name King but not the name Martin
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Clear All Subject African Americans--Civil rights Type Sound

Description:: Oral histories with individuals with ties to both the Civil Rights movement and to Spokane, Washington.
Date of Original:: 2001-02
Contributing Institution:: Washington State University. Library. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Description:: Oral history interviews of Atlanta's African American community conducted by Roberts, an Atlanta University student, in the summer of 1973
Date of Original:: 1973
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff 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:: Interviews were conducted by Kentucky native, author, and first poet laureate of the United States, Robert Penn Warren in 1964 as research for his book Who Speaks for the Negro?
Date of Original:: 1964
Contributing Institution:: Kentucky Digital Library
University of Kentucky. Libraries
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Description:: Content collected from 1954 to 2004 by W. W. Law, a prominent Civil Rights leader, local historian, historic preservationist and community leader in Savannah, Georgia including recordings of local news television and radio programs, concerts of local artists, interviews, oral histories, and more.
Date of Original:: 1955/2004
Contributing Institution:: City of Savannah Municipal Archives

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