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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:: Professor John Burrison founded the Atlanta Folklore Archive recordings in 1967 at Georgia State University. He trained undergraduates and graduate students enrolled in his folklore curriculum to conduct oral history interviews. Students interviewed men, women, and children of various demographics in Georgia and across the southeast on crafts, storytelling, music, and traditions.
Date of Original:: 1966/1970
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta History 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.

Description:: Oral history interviews and photographs dating from 1960-2020 that document the public service and civil rights work of Anthony Coleman, who represented Ward 5 on the Marietta, Georgia city council from 2001-2016 and served on the executive board of the Cobb County branch of the NAACP.
Date of Original:: 1960/2020
Contributing Institution:: Kennesaw State University. Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management

Description:: Materials dating from 1960-2020 that document the life and career of Cheryl Long, an African American woman who grew up in the Louisville neighborhood of Marietta, Georgia, and graduated as part of Marietta High School's first integrated senior class in 1968.
Date of Original:: 1960/2020
Contributing Institution:: Kennesaw State University. Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management

Description:: Collection of interviews and news broadcasts covering Martin Luther King's assassination, the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, and other civil rights related news and events. Audio collected by the Memphis Search for Meaning Committee from 1968-1973.
Date of Original:: 1960/1973
Contributing Institution:: Rhodes College

Description:: Documents related to judge and civil rights activist Russell B. Sugarmon.
Date of Original:: 1950
Contributing Institution:: Rhodes College

Description:: A Democrat, Carroll Gartin served three terms as Mississippi's Lieutenant Governor (1952-1956, 1956-1960, and 1964-1966). He lost a 1953 campaign against incumbent James O. Eastland for the U.S. Senate and a 1959 race against Ross Barnett to become governor of the state. In 1966, Gartin announced his intention to run for governor again but died of a heart attack in December of that year.
Date of Original:: 1946/1964
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Description:: Oral histories, records, and black-and-white photographs related to the Civil Rights movement in Nashville, Tennessee.
Date of Original:: 1940/2006
Contributing Institution:: Nashville Public Library
Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division

Description:: The James W. Silver Digital Collection contains news clippings and pamphlets that document the controversy surrounding Silver’s publicly-expressed support for ending segregation, particularly after the publication of Mississippi: The Closed Society.
Date of Original:: 1928/1986
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Description:: The purpose of the project is to document education in Goochland County, Virginia, particularly the impact of the Rosenwald Schools, and the differences between the education offered to white and black students during the period the Rosenwald Schools operated.
Date of Original:: 1922/2014
Contributing Institution:: James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives

Description:: Materials belonging to Georgia governor and businessman Lester Maddox dating from 1915/2003
Date of Original:: 1915/2003
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta History Center

Description:: The Everett R. Cook Collection includes interviews conducted from 1979-2004 as part of the Everett R. Cook Oral History Collection on Civil Rights, made available through a partnership with the Memphis Public Library.
Date of Original:: 1905/2004
Contributing Institution:: Rhodes College

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