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Description:: Online edition of the transcriptions and corresponding audio files of the presidential recordings of United States president Lyndon B. Johnson, who served in office from 1963-1969.
Date of Original:: 2014
Contributing Institution:: University Press of Virginia

Description:: Online exhibit about the 1960s student protests in Chapel Hill, N.C
Date of Original:: 2007
Contributing Institution:: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library

Description:: Online exhibit on the National Council of Negro Women's Wednesdays in Mississippi Project.
Date of Original:: 2006/2020
Contributing Institution:: University of Houston

Description:: Information for teachers on using historic places in instruction.
Date of Original:: 2003/2018
Contributing Institution:: United States. National Park Service

Description:: Radio documentary on World War II-era radio programs which tried to mend the deep racial and ethnic divisions that threatened America.
Date of Original:: 2001
Contributing Institution:: American Public Media

Description:: This digital collection consists of select interviews digitized from the Laurraine Goreau collection, HJA-059, of the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, a division of Tulane University Special Collections. The audio interviews were digitized with a 2019 Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library & Information Resources (CLIR).
Date of Original:: 1967/2020
Contributing Institution:: Amistad Research Center

Description:: Interviews were conducted by Kentucky native, author, and first poet laureate of the United States, Robert Penn Warren in 1964 as research for his book Who Speaks for the Negro?
Date of Original:: 1964
Contributing Institution:: Kentucky Digital Library
University of Kentucky. Libraries
Sensitive Content:: You may come across language in UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center collections and online resources that you find harmful or offensive. SCRC collects materials from different cultures and time periods to preserve and make available the historical record. These materials document the time period when they were created and the view of their creator. As a result, some may demonstrate racist and offensive views that do not reflect the values of UK Libraries. If you find description with problematic language that you think SCRC should review, please contact us at SCRC@uky.edu.

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Date of Original:: 1964/1965
Contributing Institution:: Jean and Alexander Heard Library (Vanderbilt University)

Description:: The Negro Travelers' Green Book series was published by Victor H. Green as a resource for African American travelers; the information provided in the travel guide enabled African Americans to find safe and welcoming dining and lodging accommodations during the days of segregation.
Date of Original:: 1956
Contributing Institution:: South Caroliniana Library

Description:: The Local Television News Collections at Moving Image Research Collections (MIRC) comprise approximately 1.5 million feet of 16mm motion picture film outtakes dating from the late 1950s to the early 1980s, donated by several South Carolina television stations. These outtakes document over two decades of local people and events, as well as reportage surrounding significant moments in national and world news throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Paper holdings include teleprompter scripts from 1963 through 1979.
Date of Original:: 1955/1980
Contributing Institution:: South Caroliniana Library

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