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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 State Mississippi Time Periods Civil Rights & Sunbelt Georgia (1945-1980)

Description:: The United States v. Mississippi Interrogatory Answers Collection consists entirely of one large section (pages 387-1276) from the Record of Appeal in the case United States v. Mississippi (cited as United States v. Mississippi, 380, U.S. 128, 1965). This digital collection contains the answers by the United States government to interrogatories propounded by the state of Mississippi and other defendants.
Date of Original:: 1962/1965
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Description:: Southern School News is the official publication of the Southern Education Reporting Service, an objective, fact-finding agency established by southern newspaper editors and educators with the aim of providing accurate, unbiased information to school administrators, public officials and interested lay citizens on developments in education arising from the U.S. Supreme Court opinion of May 17, 1954 declaring segregation in the schools unconstitutional.
Date of Original:: 1954/1965
Contributing Institution:: University of Georgia. Libraries

Description:: The collection consists entirely of the typed minutes of the Mississippi State Textbook Rating and Purchasing Board (1940-46), the Mississippi State Textbook Purchasing Board (1946-1981), and the Mississippi State Textbook Procurement Commission (1981-1987).
Date of Original:: 1940/1987
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Description:: The James W. Silver Digital Collection contains news clippings and pamphlets that document the controversy surrounding Silver’s publicly-expressed support for ending segregation, particularly after the publication of Mississippi: The Closed Society.
Date of Original:: 1928/1986
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

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