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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
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Clear All Subject National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Rights In Copyright

Description:: Free, online reference resource on Alabama's history, culture, geography, and natural environment.
Date of Original:: 2018
Contributing Institution:: Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Description:: Online exhibit the African American Civil Rights Movement in the twentieth century in Virginia with a focus on the 1950s and 1960s.
Date of Original:: 2004
Contributing Institution:: Virginia Historical Society

Description:: Online encyclopedia treating the history and culture of Tennessee
Date of Original:: 2002
Contributing Institution:: Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture

Description:: Oral histories of Florida civil rights activists.
Date of Original:: 1978/2006
Contributing Institution:: University of South Florida. Tampa Library
University of South Florida. Library. Florida Studies Center. Oral History Program
University of South Florida. Library

Description:: Records of the Cobb County Branch of the (NAACP) during the presidential terms of Donnie Perry (1994-1997) and Deane Bonner (1997-present).
Date of Original:: 1975/1986
Contributing Institution:: Kennesaw State University. Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management

Description:: Letter about the Selma-Montgomery March, letter about the preservation of the Lorraine Motel, and a pamphlet about the history of the NAACP.
Date of Original:: 1965
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

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
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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

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

Description:: The selected black-and-white photographs feature demonstrations in St. Paul and Minneapolis in 1960 and 1968.
Date of Original:: 1957/1968
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Historical Society

Description:: Photographs and files of the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission, the state's official counter civil rights agency from 1956 to 1973.
Date of Original:: 1956/1973
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

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