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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:: Free, online reference resource on Alabama's history, culture, geography, and natural environment.
Date of Original:: 2018
Contributing Institution:: Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Description:: The Atlanta Student Movement Project is a research project uncovering and preserving the history of Atlanta sit-ins and student protests that were pivotal in the success of the Student Movement, the Civil Rights movement, and the history of the city of Atlanta as a whole.
Date of Original:: 2016-10-31/2018-12-05
Contributing Institution:: Kennesaw State University. Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management

Description:: Lecture series given by Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth on the civil rights movement in Alabama.
Date of Original:: 2001-10-11
Contributing Institution:: University of Alabama Huntsville

Description:: The Alabama History Education Materials Collection features instructional activities and lesson plans that were created from the collections of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. The materials in this collection cover topics in Alabama History from the First Alabamians to the modern Civil Rights Movement and more. These materials are downloadable, printable, and free to use.
Date of Original:: 1996
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Description:: Oral histories about Birmingham, Alabama's African American working class prior to World War II.
Date of Original:: 1983/1984
Contributing Institution:: William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library
Sensitive Content:: Material contained in The University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections may negatively depict race, gender, religious beliefs, ethnicities, and class. The University of Alabama Libraries does not endorse the views expressed in these materials. We present our collections as they were originally created to promote scholarly research and analysis.

Description:: Funded by an NEH grant, this project focuses on black working class social history of Birmingham, Alabama prior to World War II.
Date of Original:: 1983/1985
Contributing Institution:: William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library
Sensitive Content:: Material contained in The University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections may negatively depict race, gender, religious beliefs, ethnicities, and class. The University of Alabama Libraries does not endorse the views expressed in these materials. We present our collections as they were originally created to promote scholarly research and analysis.

Description:: This collection consists of oral history audio recordings from 1995-2017 about the life and accomplishments of U.S. Representative Tom Bevill.
Date of Original:: 1981/2017
Contributing Institution:: William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library
Sensitive Content:: Material contained in The University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections may negatively depict race, gender, religious beliefs, ethnicities, and class. The University of Alabama Libraries does not endorse the views expressed in these materials. We present our collections as they were originally created to promote scholarly research and analysis.

Description:: Oral histories dating from 1975 onwards from the collections of Columbus State University's Archives.
Date of Original:: 1975/9999
Contributing Institution:: Columbus State University. Archives

Description:: Documents related to Memphis police chief and former F.B.I. agent Frank Holloman related to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Date of Original:: 1968-04
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

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

Description:: Papers of Memphis Mayor Edmund Orgill
Date of Original:: 1965
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

Description:: Newspaper clippings and photographs related to the 1963 bombing of Birmingham's Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and the subsequent investigation and trial
Date of Original:: 1963/1965
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

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