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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
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Description:: Collection of more than 200 photographs from the Barbara C. Jordan Archives at Texas Southern University. Barbara Jordan was the first African American since Reconstruction to serve in the Texas State Senate. Jordan was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1972, and became the first African American to represent Texas in the House and the first African American woman from the South to be elected to Congress.
Date of Original:: 1936/1996
Contributing Institution:: Texas Southern University. Library

Description:: John James Herrera (1910-1986), a lawyer and leading civil rights advocate for Mexican Americans, played a role in key cases that ultimately established that separate schools for Mexican American children were illegal and that the systematic exclusion of Spanish-speaking citizens from service on juries was unconstitutional.
Date of Original:: 1930/1987
Contributing Institution:: University of North Texas. Libraries

Description:: Building the African-American Community is a collection of photographs and texts largely from the Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum, dedicated to preserving the African-American cultural history of Austin, Texas.
Date of Original:: 1900/1985
Contributing Institution:: Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum
Marfa Public Library (Marfa, Tex.)

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