Time Periods: 3 selected - Civil Rights Digital Library Search Results

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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

Collections

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Collection
Archives of Savannah State University

Description:: Programs, yearbooks, newspapers, and reports documenting Savannah State University, Georgia's oldest public historically black college or university, from 1939 to 2011.
Date of Original:: 1939/2011
Contributing Institution:: Asa H. Gordon Library (Savannah, Ga.)

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Lillian Eugenia Smith papers

Description:: Papers of Georgia author, lecturer, human rights advocate Lillian Smith (1897-1966) from circa 1920-1980, one of the first prominent white Southerners to stand against segregation.
Date of Original:: 1920/1980
Contributing Institution:: Hargrett Library

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Collection
John H. Wheeler collection

Description:: Items related to John H. Wheeler, who was heavily involved in politics and education through various positions within the federal government and on various boards of trustees for institutions like Morehouse College, Atlanta University, Lincoln Hospital, and the National Scholarship Service for Negro Students.
Date of Original:: 1895/1973
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Voter Education Project organizational records

Description:: Materials dating from 1895 to 1955 from the Voter Education Project.
Date of Original:: 1895/1955
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Collection
Civil rights papers

Description:: Materials that document race relations and desegregation in Georgia from the late nineteenth century to the latter half of the twentieth century.
Date of Original:: 1894/1962
Contributing Institution:: Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections

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Herbert T. Jenkins photographs

Description:: Black-and-white photographs dating from 1893 to 1975 of the career of Atlanta police chief Herbert T. Jenkins including images of African American police officers and the Summerhill riots in 1966.
Date of Original:: 1893/1975
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta History Center

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Collection
Auburn Avenue Research Library historic African American education collections

Description:: Late nineteenth and mid-twentieth century manuscript collections that document the historical development of education for African Americans, primarily in the South.
Date of Original:: 1860/1959
Contributing Institution:: Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History

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Collection
Atlanta University photographs

Description:: Photographs of Atlanta University before its consolidation with Clark College, containing photographs dating from 1858 to 1995, with the bulk of the material falling between 1905 and 1968.
Date of Original:: 1858/1995
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Collection
Southern Labor Archives

Description:: Georgia State University's Southern Labor Archives, established in 1971, is dedicated to collecting, preserving and making available the documentary heritage of Southern workers and their unions, as well as that of workers and unions having a historic relationship to the region.
Date of Original:: 1850/2010
Contributing Institution:: Georgia State University. Special Collections

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution photographs

Description:: Photographs dating from the 1840s to the 2009 from the photography staff of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Date of Original:: 1840/2009
Contributing Institution:: Georgia State University. Special Collections

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Southern University and A&M College

Description:: Images and documents that span from the early history of Southern University and A&M College, a historically Black institution, in 1880 to 1960.
Date of Original:: 1840/1977
Contributing Institution:: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Library Alliance

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Collection
Records of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1772 – 2007

Description:: Records of the Supreme Court related to civil rights and Georgia cases.
Date of Original:: 1772/2007
Contributing Institution:: United States. National Archives and Records Administration