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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
Selma AND (Lewis OR Williams)	Records containing the words Selma and Lewis or Selma and Williams

Clear All Subject Race relations State Tennessee Type Text

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AFSCME and Dr. King

Description:: Photographs, video, and articles about the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' strike and King's role in the strike.
Date of Original:: 2006
Contributing Institution:: AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees)

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I am a man : an exhibit honoring the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' strike

Description:: Exhibit featuring black-and-white photographs, essays, and a chronology of events for the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' strike.
Date of Original:: 2006
Contributing Institution:: Walter P. Reuther Library (Wayne State University)

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LeMoyne-Owen reflections on sanitation strike march

Description:: The LeMoyne-Owen Collection consists of reflections written by students enrolled in Professor Michael P. Johnson’s History 202 and 204 classes at LeMoyne-Owen College in the spring of 1968.
Date of Original:: 1968-03-28
Contributing Institution:: Rhodes College

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African-American life in Memphis, Tenn.

Description:: Letter about the Selma-Montgomery March, letter about the preservation of the Lorraine Motel, and a pamphlet about the history of the NAACP.
Date of Original:: 1965
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

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Who Speaks for the Negro?

Description:
Date of Original:: 1964/1965
Contributing Institution:: Jean and Alexander Heard Library (Vanderbilt University)

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Edwin Dalstrom papers

Description:: Correspondence and pamphlet of Edwin Dalstrom, Memphis Urban League chair in 1958
Date of Original:: 1958/1959
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

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"Integrated in all respects": Ed Friend's Highlander Folk School films and the politics of segregation

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

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Albert Gore Sr. Senate Collection

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.)

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Russell B. Sugarmon collection

Description:: Documents related to judge and civil rights activist Russell B. Sugarmon.
Date of Original:: 1950
Contributing Institution:: Rhodes College

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Rare books collection

Description:: 1946 monograph by the Southern Conference on Human Welfare about a race-related incident in Columbia, Tennessee
Date of Original:: 1946
Contributing Institution:: University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections

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Behind the veil

Description:: History of African American life during the age of Jim Crow, roughly the period from the 1890s to the 1950s.
Date of Original:: 1890/1959
Contributing Institution:: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library