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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 Congress of Racial Equality

Description:: This collection contains transcripts and audio recordings of meetings and interviews with Civil Rights workers in the South recorded by several Stanford students affiliated with the campus radio station KZSU during the summer of 1965.
Date of Original:: 1965
Contributing Institution:: Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections

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:: This digital collection includes calendars, letters, publications, essays, speeches and other papers documenting James T. McCain’s involvement with local and national civil rights organizations. The bulk of the items evidence his interest in local issues such as illiteracy, integration of public schools, and voter turnout in South Carolina’s African American community.
Date of Original:: 1955/2003
Contributing Institution:: South Caroliniana Library
University of South Carolina. Libraries

Description:: Transcripts of the interviews used as the basis of "Eyes on the Prize."
Date of Original:: 1954/1965
Contributing Institution:: Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). Libraries. Special Collections. Film & Media Archive

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Date of Original:: 1940/1979
Contributing Institution:: South Carolina. Educational Television Commission

Description:: The Wisconsin Historical Society presents a collection of Wisconsin historical images from the 19th and 20th centuries. The images include photographs, paintings, and posters. Users may search the images by keyword or by category. The categories include children, crime, ethnic groups, health, immigration and emigration, war, women, rites and ceremonies, and Indians of North America.
Date of Original:: 1940/1973
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

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