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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:: Materials document the lifelong involvement of African American civic leaders Asa and Edna Spaulding in the business, political, educational, religious, and social life of Durham, N.C.; the Spauldings were active in a broad range of political bodies, businesses, civic groups, and activist organizations.
Date of Original:: 1909/1997
Contributing Institution:: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Description:: Activist Modjeska Simkins of Columbia, S.C. served as the South Carolina State Secretary for the NAACP, 1941-1957; as Campaign Director for the renovation of Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital, 1944-1950; as Public Relations Director for the Richland County Citizens Committee, 1956-1988; and as President of the Southern Conference Educational Fund, 1972-1974.
Date of Original:: 1909/1992
Contributing Institution:: South Caroliniana Library
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

Description:: A collection of photographs of the architecture, businesses, and people of Birmingham. Included in the collection are portraits of prominent historical figures and photographs that document the civil rights movement in the city.
Date of Original:: 1908/1966
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

Description:: Selections from the collections of Wake County, North Carolina's first African American librarian, Mollie Huston Lee.
Date of Original:: 1907/1982
Contributing Institution:: Richard B. Harrison Library (Raleigh, N.C.)

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

Description:: Documents from the Papers of Robert E. McNair at South Carolina Political Collections
Date of Original:: 1905/1989
Contributing Institution:: South Caroliniana Library

Description:: Companion Web site to the PBS program "Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey" that includes teacher's resources.
Date of Original:: 1904/1971
Contributing Institution:: Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

Description:: Building the African-American Community is a collection of photographs and texts largely from the Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum, dedicated to preserving the African-American cultural history of Austin, Texas.
Date of Original:: 1900/1985
Contributing Institution:: Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum
Marfa Public Library (Marfa, Tex.)

Description:: Moving images, instructional materials, and sound recordings illustrating the Civil Rights movement in Florida
Date of Original:: 1900/1999
Contributing Institution:: Florida Humanities Council

Description:: Selected photographs from the Indianapolis Recorder, Indiana's longest continuously-operated African American newspaper.
Date of Original:: 1900/1987
Contributing Institution:: Indiana Historical Society

Description:: Images providing an overview the early years of Tennessee State University, a historically Black university founded in 1912 as the State Normal School for Negroes.
Date of Original:: 1900/1984
Contributing Institution:: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Library Alliance

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