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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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“Freedom Rides” AND Carter	Records containing the phrase “Freedom Rides” and the name Carter
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Clear All Rights In Copyright Contributing Institution University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

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Collection
Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, 1968

Description:: Black-and-white photographs from the Memphis Press-Scimitar depicting the 1968 strike of the Memphis city sanitation workers.
Date of Original:: 1968
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

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Collection
Robert R. Church Family Papers

Description:: N.A.A.C.P. card and reprinting of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham City Jail from the family of Memphis African American businessman, Robert R. Church.
Date of Original:: 1959/1963
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

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Collection
Edwin Dalstrom papers

Description:: Correspondence and pamphlet of Edwin Dalstrom, Memphis Urban League chair in 1958
Date of Original:: 1958/1959
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department