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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 State Louisiana Type Text Rights In Copyright

1.
Collection
64 Parishes

Description:: Online encyclopedia and online magazine from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.
Date of Original:: 2022
Contributing Institution:: Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

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Collection
Louisiana Civil Rights Movement Oral History Project

Description:: Documenting the Civil Rights Movement in Baton Rouge and surrounding parishes.
Date of Original:: 1993/1998
Contributing Institution:: LSU Libraries. Special Collections

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Collection
Civil rights-- Brown vs. Board of Education

Description:: Eisenhower administration documents related to the Brown versus the Board of Education case
Date of Original:: 1951
1953/1954
1957
Contributing Institution:: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

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Collection
James W. Silver collection

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

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Collection
Behind the veil

Description:: History of African American life during the age of Jim Crow, roughly the period from the 1890s to the 1950s.
Date of Original:: 1890/1959
Contributing Institution:: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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Collection
Jim Crow / Segregation

Description:: Article on the implementation of racial segregation laws and the impact of segregation in the state of Louisiana.
Date of Original:: 1865/1970
Contributing Institution:: KnowLA