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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
Selma AND (Lewis OR Williams)	Records containing the words Selma and Lewis or Selma and Williams

Description:: Correspondence, published literature, and notes dating from 1919 to 1938 related to the Women of the Ku Klux Klan
Date of Original:: 1919/1938
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Description:: Photographs dating between 1918 and 1990 from the Los Angeles Times newspaper.
Date of Original:: 1918/1990
Contributing Institution:: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections

Description:: The subject vertical files contain publications and printed materials, such as newspaper clippings, press releases, pamphlets, and flyers from 1930s to 1980s. These items highlight the activities, programs, and events of the National Council of Negro Women.
Date of Original:: 1917/1989
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Description:: Documents from the Papers of Solomon Blatt, Sr. at South Carolina Political Collections.
Date of Original:: 1916/1986
Contributing Institution:: South Caroliniana Library

Description:: Materials belonging to Georgia governor and businessman Lester Maddox dating from 1915/2003
Date of Original:: 1915/2003
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta History Center

Description:: Lillian Smith (1897-1966), author, lecturer, and human rights advocate, was born in Jasper County, Florida, and resided in Rabun County, Georgia. Her best known fiction piece was the controversial 1944 novel 'Strange Fruit'.
Date of Original:: 1915/1972
Contributing Institution:: University of Florida. Libraries

Description:: Documents, correspondence and publications produced by the Fulton County Schools Superintendents' office between 1914 and 1969.
Date of Original:: 1914/1969
Contributing Institution:: Fulton County Schools Archive

Description:: The Scrapbooks Collection is compiled of newspaper clippings covering different historical events in Alabama, Mississippi, and other states in the nation.
Date of Original:: 1913/1995
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

Description:: Black Trailblazers, Leaders, Activists, and Intellectuals in Cleveland contains approximately 2000 images of 500 individuals selected from the photographs in the Cleveland Press Collection. The photographs in the collection generally date from the 1920s on, with most of them from 1960 to 1982 and are arranged alphabetically by the individual's last name. To be included in the collection, an individual had to be either born or raised in the greater Cleveland area or have lived a significant part of his/her life in the region.
Date of Original:: 1912/1990
Contributing Institution:: Michael Schwartz Library

Description:: Documents relating to the 1938 U.S. Supreme Court case, State of Missouri ex rel Gaines v. Canada, which paved the way for a series of cases that would lead to Brown v. Board of Education's outlawing segregation in public education.
Date of Original:: 1911/2006
Contributing Institution:: University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Law. Library

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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