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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
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Clear All State Tennessee Type Sound

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Cleaborn Homes resident interviews

Description:: The Cleaborn Homes Collection includes interviews with former residents of the Cleaborn Homes housing project in Memphis, Tennessee. Cleaborn Homes were part of Memphis public housing, specifically Foote Homes, which were segregated in the 1960s, and retained a largely African-American population continuing through the 1990s.
Date of Original:: 2011
Contributing Institution:: Rhodes College

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Crossroads interviews

Description:
Date of Original:: 1975/2017
Contributing Institution:: Rhodes College

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Collection
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination investigation

Description:: Records of the investigation of Martin Luther King's assassination in Memphis, Tennessee
Date of Original:: 1968
Contributing Institution:: Shelby County (Tenn.). Register of Deeds

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Sanitation strike tapes

Description:: Collection of interviews and news broadcasts covering Martin Luther King's assassination, the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, and other civil rights related news and events. Audio collected by the Memphis Search for Meaning Committee from 1968-1973.
Date of Original:: 1960/1973
Contributing Institution:: Rhodes College

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Russell B. Sugarmon collection

Description:: Documents related to judge and civil rights activist Russell B. Sugarmon.
Date of Original:: 1950
Contributing Institution:: Rhodes College

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Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights

Description:: Oral histories, records, and black-and-white photographs related to the Civil Rights movement in Nashville, Tennessee.
Date of Original:: 1940/2006
Contributing Institution:: Nashville Public Library
Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division

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James W. Silver collection

Description:: The James W. Silver Digital Collection contains news clippings and pamphlets that document the controversy surrounding Silver’s publicly-expressed support for ending segregation, particularly after the publication of Mississippi: The Closed Society.
Date of Original:: 1928/1986
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

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Everett R. Cook oral history collection

Description:: The Everett R. Cook Collection includes interviews conducted from 1979-2004 as part of the Everett R. Cook Oral History Collection on Civil Rights, made available through a partnership with the Memphis Public Library.
Date of Original:: 1905/2004
Contributing Institution:: Rhodes College

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Behind the veil

Description:: History of African American life during the age of Jim Crow, roughly the period from the 1890s to the 1950s.
Date of Original:: 1890/1959
Contributing Institution:: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library