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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
Selma AND (Lewis OR Williams)	Records containing the words Selma and Lewis or Selma and Williams

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Description:: The Bethune-Cookman University digital collection is comprised of images reflecting the people, institutions, and structures important to the history of the school. These images preserve the heritage of Bethune-Cookman University ranging from 1975 to 2005, reflecting the progression of African-American education, culture, and community.
Date of Original:: 1975/2005
Contributing Institution:: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Library Alliance

Description:: This digital collection consists of select interviews digitized from the Laurraine Goreau collection, HJA-059, of the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, a division of Tulane University Special Collections. The audio interviews were digitized with a 2019 Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library & Information Resources (CLIR).
Date of Original:: 1967/2020
Contributing Institution:: Amistad Research Center

Description:: The Concerned White Citizens of Alabama records consist of the organization’s constitution, statement of purpose, minutes from meetings, and correspondence between officers of the organization and a variety of supporters, media representatives, and elected officials. In addition, the records contain membership cards, mailing lists, envelopes, flyers, bank statements, and many more. Of particular interest are flyers distributed throughout the state by the CWCA, as well as a series of sworn citizens’ statements related to the case of Caliph Washington.
Date of Original:: 1960/1969
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Birmingham, Ala.)

Description:: Civil rights-related videos from the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies.
Date of Original:: 1957/2018
Contributing Institution:: Butler Center for Arkansas Studies

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:: Collection documenting the civil rights activism of Marian Bruce Logan.
Date of Original:: 1945/1989
Contributing Institution:: South Caroliniana Library

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