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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
“Freedom Rides” AND Carter	Records containing the phrase “Freedom Rides” and the name Carter
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Clear All Subject African Americans--Segregation Type Text

Description:: Online exhibit mounted by the Library of Congress on the Civil Rights movement.
Date of Original:: 2005
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

Description:: This collection consists of records generated by Eliza Paschall and the Atlanta Community Relations Commission (ACRC) during her year as Executive Director of the ACRC.
Date of Original:: 1960/1970
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

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:: 251 imaged documents from the Oklahoma State Supreme Court, Civil Case No. 32756 regarding the first African-American woman admitted to the University of Oklahoma law school in 1948.
Date of Original:: 1946/1948
Contributing Institution:: Oklahoma. Department of Libraries

Description:: South Carolina Council on Human Relations (SCCHR) played a key role in fostering better living and social conditions for African Americans and promoting racial harmony within South Carolina and the South generally. Its archives document the movement for civil rights within South Carolina during the twentieth century.
Date of Original:: 1930/1975
Contributing Institution:: University of South Carolina. Libraries
Sensitive Content:: This collection contains a great deal of historical information, and in some documents you will find racial slurs. The University of South Carolina Libraries does not promote or endorse these slurs, but instead looks to provide unedited historical documents about the civil rights movement in South Carolina.

Description:: Web site for the Stanford University-based Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute which works in cooperation with the Martin Luther King, Jr. family to publish and preserve the speeches, writings, and correspondence of Martin Luther King
Date of Original:: 1929/2007
Contributing Institution:: Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project

Description:: Items from the Manuscript Division and the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress that document many aspects of Parks's private life and public activism on behalf of civil rights for African Americans.
Date of Original:: 1866/2006
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

Description:: Article on the implementation of racial segregation laws and the impact of segregation in the state of Louisiana.
Date of Original:: 1865/1970
Contributing Institution:: KnowLA

Description:: Civil rights-related finding aids from the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies.
Date of Original:: 1738/2020
Contributing Institution:: Butler Center for Arkansas Studies

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