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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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Maynard documentary interviews, 2017

Description:: Interviews of family members, friends and colleagues of former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson which were conducted in support of the documentary film "Maynard" released in 2017.
Date of Original:: 2015/2019
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta History Center

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Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection

Description:: Oral histories conducted by Bob Short between 2006 and 2010 with politically prominent Georgians.
Date of Original:: 2006/2013
Contributing Institution:: Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

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Carver-VCU partnership oral history collection

Description:: Series of interviews conducted in 1999-2000 as part of a Carver-VCU Partnership project documenting the history of the African American Carver neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia.
Date of Original:: 1999/2000
Contributing Institution:: James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives

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Southline Press, Inc. photographs

Description:: Southline Press, Inc. was an Atlanta weekly published from 1985-1988. The collection includes images of political and civic leaders, entertainers, businesses, Atlanta landmarks, and demonstrations related to civil rights and abortion rights.
Date of Original:: 1985/1988
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta History Center

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Oral histories of the American South (Georgia selections)

Description:: Georgia-related oral histories from the Southern Oral History Program.
Date of Original:: 1972/2006
Contributing Institution:: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library

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Atlanta Community Relations Commission Collection

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

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HathiTrust materials on the Housing Act of 1961

Description:: HathiTrust materials on the Housing Act of 1961
Date of Original:: 1960/1969
Contributing Institution:: HathiTrust

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Grace Towns Hamilton papers

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

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First-person narratives of the American South

Description:: Southern diaries, autobiographies, memoirs, travel accounts, and ex-slave narratives of relatively inaccessible populations: women, African Americans, enlisted men, laborers, and Native Americans.
Date of Original:: 1860/1920
Contributing Institution:: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution photographs

Description:: Photographs dating from the 1840s to the 2009 from the photography staff of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Date of Original:: 1840/2009
Contributing Institution:: Georgia State University. Special Collections

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Records of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1772 – 2007

Description:: Records of the Supreme Court related to civil rights and Georgia cases.
Date of Original:: 1772/2007
Contributing Institution:: United States. National Archives and Records Administration