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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:: Twentieth century photographs and other materials documenting the African American contributions in Habersham, Banks, Rabun, and White counties. A virtual version of the exhibit is available.
Date of Original:: 2011
Contributing Institution:: Regional African American Museum of Northeast GA, Inc.

Description:: Online exhibit summarizing the history of integration at Valdosta State College and at other Georgia educational institutions
Date of Original:: 2006
Contributing Institution:: Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections

Description:: 27,000 photographs documenting the Civil Rights movement in the South from 1960 to 1965.
Date of Original:: 2005/9999
Contributing Institution:: Take Stock (Firm)

Description:: Records of civil rights organization SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. including administrative records, program files, and printed material.
Date of Original:: 1985/1987
Contributing Institution:: Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Emory University

Description:: Southline Press, Inc. was an Atlanta weekly published from 1985-1988. The collection includes images of political and civic leaders, entertainers, businesses, Atlanta landmarks, and demonstrations related to civil rights and abortion rights.
Date of Original:: 1985/1988
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta History Center

Description:: An oral history interview from 2020 and a photograph from 1980-1989 documenting the lives and experiences of Barbara Freeman Cooper and Eartha Bryant Head, two African American women who grew up in the Lemon Street neighborhood of Marietta, Georgia.
Date of Original:: 1980/2020
Contributing Institution:: Kennesaw State University. Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management

Description:: Records of the Cobb County Branch of the (NAACP) during the presidential terms of Donnie Perry (1994-1997) and Deane Bonner (1997-present).
Date of Original:: 1975/1986
Contributing Institution:: Kennesaw State University. Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management

Description:: Photographs taken by white journalist Boyd Lewis, who worked for two of Atlanta's African American newspapers, the Atlanta Voice and the Atlanta Inquirer between 1970 and 1982. Lewis' work depicts the rise of the African American political class, journalists, social activists, clergy, students, and Atlanta neighborhoods.
Date of Original:: 1970/1982
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta History Center

Description:: Georgia and Civil rights selections from the Yanker Poster Collection of political, propaganda, and social issue posters and handbills, dating 1969-1970.
Date of Original:: 1969/1971
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

Description:: Roosevelt "Bo" Richmond was an amateur photographer from Alabama. He photographed events, buildings, people, and documented the Civil Rights movement in Atlanta in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Date of Original:: 1964/1974
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Description:: Oral history interviews and photographs dating from 1960-2020 that document the public service and civil rights work of Anthony Coleman, who represented Ward 5 on the Marietta, Georgia city council from 2001-2016 and served on the executive board of the Cobb County branch of the NAACP.
Date of Original:: 1960/2020
Contributing Institution:: Kennesaw State University. Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management

Description:: This collection consists of records generated by Eliza Paschall and the Atlanta Community Relations Commission (ACRC) during her year as Executive Director of the ACRC.
Date of Original:: 1960/1970
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

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