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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:: Online exhibit the African American Civil Rights Movement in the twentieth century in Virginia with a focus on the 1950s and 1960s.
Date of Original:: 2004
Contributing Institution:: Virginia Historical Society

Description:: The Bethune-Cookman University digital collection is comprised of images reflecting the people, institutions, and structures important to the history of the school. These images preserve the heritage of Bethune-Cookman University ranging from 1975 to 2005, reflecting the progression of African-American education, culture, and community.
Date of Original:: 1975/2005
Contributing Institution:: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Library Alliance

Description:: Dr. William Pickens directed Morehouse College's Interdisciplinary Humanities Program (Mirror Grant Project) in the early 1970s. The Mirror Grant Project was a program designed to teach freshmen and sophomores interdisciplinary mini-courses called "mirrors". These "mirrors" were half a semester in length and provided a humanistic thrust in learning and communication skills.
Date of Original:: 1971/2003
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Description:: Roosevelt "Bo" Richmond was an amateur photographer from Alabama. He photographed events, buildings, people, and documented the Civil Rights movement in Atlanta in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Date of Original:: 1964/1974
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

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 including instructional materials related to the cases that made up Brown v. Board of Education.
Date of Original:: 1954
Contributing Institution:: National Museum of American History (Smithsonian)
National Museum of American History (U.S.)

Description:: Virtual tour, timeline, and lesson plans related to the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
Date of Original:: 1954/1958
Contributing Institution:: AETN (Television station : Conway, Ark.)

Description:: The American Baptist College collection is comprised of yearbooks, catalogues, bulletins, Garnett-Narbrit Lecture series programs, photographs, and audio visual assets ranging from 1924 to present, demonstrating it's rich history commitment to students' success.
Date of Original:: 1924/9999
Contributing Institution:: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Library Alliance

Description:: Newsletters, fundraising materials, promotional and historical materials from the Piney Woods Country Life School (or Piney Woods School), located in Rankin County, Mississippi.
Date of Original:: 1923/2003
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Description:: Grace Towns Hamilton (1907-1992) was a civic leader and Georgia General Assembly member. She is known as the first African American woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly. She represented the Vine City area of Atlanta in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1965 to 1984.
Date of Original:: 1910/1984
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Description:: Issue of History Now; American History Online focusing on the Civil Rights movement.
Date of Original:: 1900/1990
Contributing Institution:: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Description:: This collection consists of the papers of Towns from 1851 to 1963. It includes correspondence, literary works, diaries, photographs, and publications.
Date of Original:: 1890-1929
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

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