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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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Description:: Selected photographs from U.S. News and World Report Magazine of the Civil Rights movement.
Date of Original:: 1959/1970
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

Description:: N.A.A.C.P. card and reprinting of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham City Jail from the family of Memphis African American businessman, Robert R. Church.
Date of Original:: 1959/1963
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

Description:: Explore the Museum’s vast and diverse collection of prints and photographic materials. Dating from the late 18th century to the present, this material comprises the single largest source of pictorial information for the Chicago metropolitan area.
Date of Original:: 1957/1968
Contributing Institution:: Chicago History Museum

Description:: Mug shots of civil rights workers arrested in Montgomery, Alabama on February 21, 1956 and on May 25, 1961.
Date of Original:: 1956-02-21
1961-05-25
Contributing Institution:: Montgomery County (Ala.). Archives

Description:: This collection contains more than 3 million negatives taken by newspaper photographers working for the Birmingham News, the Huntsville Times, and Mobile’s Press-Register between the 1920s and the early 2000s (mostly from the 1960s to the 1990s).
Date of Original:: 1956/1991
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Description:: Black-and-white photographs of Autherine Lucy, the first African American student admitted to the University of Alabama, enrolling at The University of Alabama in February 1956.
Date of Original:: 1956
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:: Documents, sound recordings, and visual images covering the Civil Rights movement in Alabama and the work of Southern activists.
Date of Original:: 1956/1974
Contributing Institution:: Pennsylvania State University. Special Collections Library

Description:: Black-and-white photographs documenting the University of Alabama during its integration by Autherine Lucy in February 1956.
Date of Original:: 1956
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:: Online exhibit on the Montgomery bus boycott featuring photographs and other documents.
Date of Original:: 1955/1956
Contributing Institution:: IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law

Description:: Multimedia resource for secondary school teachers to enhance their knowledge and ability in teaching African American history.
Date of Original:: 1954/1975
Contributing Institution:: Columbia Center for Digital Research and Scholarship

Description:: Transcripts of the interviews used as the basis of "Eyes on the Prize."
Date of Original:: 1954/1965
Contributing Institution:: Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). Libraries. Special Collections. Film & Media Archive

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