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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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Civil rights collection

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)

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LSU Special Collections Library - Selected materials

Description:: The selection consists of correspondence from the Baton Rouge Council on Human Relations on discrimination in public accommodations, 1966.
Date of Original:: 1966
Contributing Institution:: LSU Libraries. Special Collections

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Long Civil Rights Movement: Photographs from the Ronnie Moore Papers, 1964 -1972

Description:
Date of Original:: 1959/2004
Contributing Institution:: Amistad Research Center

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James H. Karales photographs 1953-2006

Description:: This digital collection includes finished prints by 20th century American photojournalist James Karales made between 1953 and 1985.
Date of Original:: 1953/2006
Contributing Institution:: Duke University. Library

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Louisiana historical photographs of the State Library

Description:: A selection of black-and-white photographs of the Civil Rights movement in Louisiana, 1960s.
Date of Original:: 1930/1979
Contributing Institution:: State Library of Louisiana

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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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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

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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