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1.
Collection
African American odyssey

Description:: Online version of an exhibit at the Library of Congress on African American life.
Date of Original:: 1998
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

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Collection
Rosa Parks papers

Description:: Items from the Manuscript Division and the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress that document many aspects of Parks's private life and public activism on behalf of civil rights for African Americans.
Date of Original:: 1866/2006
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress