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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:: Volunteer Voices provides access to digitized primary sources documenting the history and culture of Tennessee. Significant events from Civil Rights Movement are presented in this collection from the perspective of Tennesseans.
Date of Original:: 1801/2022
Contributing Institution:: University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections

Description:: Historically significant photographs of people, places, and structures from Georgia's past from the Vanishing Georgia Collection at the Georgia Archives.
Date of Original:: 1800/1994
Contributing Institution:: Georgia Archives
Sensitive Content:: This site includes historical images and accompanying materials that may contain offensive language or negative stereotypes reflecting the culture or language of a particular period or place. These items are presented as part of the historical record. Please be aware before entering the site that some of the images may be disturbing.

Description:: Companion Web site to film on the Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky
Date of Original:: 1792/1996
Contributing Institution:: Kentucky Educational Television

Description:: Collection of books, pamphlets, and other printed material produced by African American authors or publishers in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Date of Original:: 1790/1922
Contributing Institution:: Emory University. General Libraries
Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Sensitive Content:: This collection may include historical materials that are offensive or harmful. Historical records are evidence of the time in which they were created and often contain language and images that are racist, homophobic, sexist, ableist, or otherwise derogatory and insensitive. This content does not reflect the values of Emory Libraries. If you are concerned about content in this collection, please complete our take down form and we will be in touch with you as soon as possible.

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

Description:: Civil rights-related finding aids from the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies.
Date of Original:: 1738/2020
Contributing Institution:: Butler Center for Arkansas Studies

Description:: This collection traces the history and culture of African Americans particularly in the Eastern North Carolina region.
Date of Original:: 1728/2018
Contributing Institution:: J.Y. Joyner Library

Description:: Instructional materials incorporating original documents from the collections of the Gilder Lehman Institute.
Date of Original:: 1700/9999
Contributing Institution:: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Date of Original:: 1700/1986
Contributing Institution:: Online Archive of California
Santa Clara University (Calif.). Library. Archives & Special Collections

Description:: Documents and realia from the collections of the Gilder Lehrman Institute documenting African Americans from the discovery of America through the Civil Rights movement.
Date of Original:: 1493/2002
Contributing Institution:: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

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