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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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Clear All Subject African Americans--Civil rights Type Moving Image

Description:: This series contains video recordings of lectures and events delivered at the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library.
Date of Original:: 2016/9999
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Description:: Oral histories documenting the history of Athens, Georgia from the mid-twentieth century to the 2010s including neighborhoods and communities in Athens, civil rights demonstrations, African American history, as well as personal histories of narrators.
Date of Original:: 2014/2016
Contributing Institution:: Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

Description:: Documentary film on James Meredith, the first African American student enrolled at the University of Mississippi
Date of Original:: 2012
Contributing Institution:: Southern Documentary Project

Description:: Features significant, but less-well-known players in the Civil Rights movement, particularly those from Georgia.
Date of Original:: 2006
Contributing Institution:: Foot Soldier Project for Civil Rights Studies at the University of Georgia

Description:: Instructional Web site on the Civil Rights movement incorporating learning modules and other curricular support materials with archival materials.
Date of Original:: 2002/2008
Contributing Institution:: WGBH Educational Foundation

Description:: Selected raw news footage of both Georgia and national civil rights events and leaders from Atlanta's WSB-TV station from 1956 to 1980.
Date of Original:: 1956/1980
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Description:: Multimedia resource for secondary school teachers to enhance their knowledge and ability in teaching African American history.
Date of Original:: 1954/1975
Contributing Institution:: Columbia Center for Digital Research and Scholarship

Description:: The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, 1946-2014, contains approximately 450 linear feet of personal papers, sermons, speeches, correspondence, SCLC and SCLC/WOMEN records, and hundreds of historical photographs and audiovisual records documenting the Lowery's struggle of justice and equality. The Lowery Trust granted sole ownership of the collection to Morehouse College in March 2021. Shortly thereafter, the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library was formally designated as custodian of the collection with responsibilities for housing and providing access for students, scholars, researchers, and the global community.
Date of Original:: 1946/2014
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Description:: Oral history interviews with civil rights activists conducted as part of the Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009.
Date of Original:: 1940/1969
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress
American Folklife Center
National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)

Description:: Web site of a social justice educational association that includes biographies, lesson plans, and interview excerpts of social reformers.
Date of Original:: 1900/9999
Contributing Institution:: Veterans of Hope Project

Description:: The Digital Collection of the Robert W. Woodruff Library consists of photographic images and publications from the Archives and Special Collections Department documenting the early history of the Atlanta University Center (AUC) institutions. These "founding documents" encompass pictures of AUC member institution presidents, faculty, students, alumni, earliest buildings, and an electronically searchable text of the Atlanta University Bulletin dating from 1883 to 1910.
Date of Original:: 1869/2004
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

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