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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
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Description:: The Atlanta Student Movement Project is a research project uncovering and preserving the history of Atlanta sit-ins and student protests that were pivotal in the success of the Student Movement, the Civil Rights movement, and the history of the city of Atlanta as a whole.
Date of Original:: 2016-10-31/2018-12-05
Contributing Institution:: Kennesaw State University. Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management

Description:: Short film, biographies, timeline, and newspaper articles about the Montgomery bus boycott.
Date of Original:: 2005
Contributing Institution:: Montgomery Advertiser (Firm)

Description:: Lecture series given by Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth on the civil rights movement in Alabama.
Date of Original:: 2001-10-11
Contributing Institution:: University of Alabama Huntsville

Description:: In 1995, Dr. Horace Huntley started the Oral History Project at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute to collect the stories of individuals involved in the Civil Rights Movement in 1960s Birmingham, Alabama.
Date of Original:: 1995/2012
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Birmingham, Ala.)

Description:: Documents, sound recordings, and visual images covering the Civil Rights movement in Alabama and the work of Southern activists.
Date of Original:: 1956/1974
Contributing Institution:: Pennsylvania State University. Special Collections Library

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:: In the fall of 2019, WSFA donated its collection of historical news footage to the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Included are more than 7,000 audiovisual items recorded by camera operators from the 1950s to the 2000s, along with other materials such as scrapbooks, photographs, negatives, correspondence, and newsletters. The content documents almost every aspect of life in Alabama, providing a remarkable visual record of our state in the second half of the 20th century. The footage is especially rich in regard to state government and politics, but other topics such as sports, business, and society are also well represented.
Date of Original:: 1950/2010
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

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