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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:: 27,000 photographs documenting the Civil Rights movement in the South from 1960 to 1965.
Date of Original:: 2005/9999
Contributing Institution:: Take Stock (Firm)

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:: 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:: Identification photographs of civil rights workers and members of white supremacy organizations distributed by the Alabama Department of Safety in 1965.
Date of Original:: 1965
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Description:: Identification photographs of civil rights workers and members of white supremacy organizations distributed by the Alabama Department of Safety in 1965.
Date of Original:: 1965
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Description:: The Concerned White Citizens of Alabama records consist of the organization’s constitution, statement of purpose, minutes from meetings, and correspondence between officers of the organization and a variety of supporters, media representatives, and elected officials. In addition, the records contain membership cards, mailing lists, envelopes, flyers, bank statements, and many more. Of particular interest are flyers distributed throughout the state by the CWCA, as well as a series of sworn citizens’ statements related to the case of Caliph Washington.
Date of Original:: 1960/1969
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Birmingham, Ala.)

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:: 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:: Southern School News is the official publication of the Southern Education Reporting Service, an objective, fact-finding agency established by southern newspaper editors and educators with the aim of providing accurate, unbiased information to school administrators, public officials and interested lay citizens on developments in education arising from the U.S. Supreme Court opinion of May 17, 1954 declaring segregation in the schools unconstitutional.
Date of Original:: 1954/1965
Contributing Institution:: University of Georgia. Libraries

Description:: This digital collection includes finished prints by 20th century American photojournalist James Karales made between 1953 and 1985.
Date of Original:: 1953/2006
Contributing Institution:: Duke University. Library

Description:: In the fall of 2019, WSFA donated its collection of historical news footage to the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Included are more than 7,000 audiovisual items recorded by camera operators from the 1950s to the 2000s, along with other materials such as scrapbooks, photographs, negatives, correspondence, and newsletters. The content documents almost every aspect of life in Alabama, providing a remarkable visual record of our state in the second half of the 20th century. The footage is especially rich in regard to state government and politics, but other topics such as sports, business, and society are also well represented.
Date of Original:: 1950/2010
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Description:: The Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection includes over 20,000 images covering a a wide range of topics, places, and individuals from throughout the state's history.
Date of Original:: 1931/2000
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

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