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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:: 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:: 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

Description:: The subject vertical files contain publications and printed materials, such as newspaper clippings, press releases, pamphlets, and flyers from 1930s to 1980s. These items highlight the activities, programs, and events of the National Council of Negro Women.
Date of Original:: 1917/1989
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Description:: Documents relating to the 1938 U.S. Supreme Court case, State of Missouri ex rel Gaines v. Canada, which paved the way for a series of cases that would lead to Brown v. Board of Education's outlawing segregation in public education.
Date of Original:: 1911/2006
Contributing Institution:: University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Law. Library

Description:: Founded in 1942 by African American businessman John H. Johnson, the Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. published Ebony and Jet magazines, as well as other publications. This collection contains newspapers clippings, press releases, and more used as research for the various publications.
Date of Original:: 1905/1982
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Description:: Issue of History Now; American History Online focusing on the Civil Rights movement.
Date of Original:: 1900/1990
Contributing Institution:: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Description:: Images that document the people, events, and places important in the history of the historically Black university, University of the District of Columbia, and its predecessor institutions Miner Normal School, Miner Teachers College, Wilson Normal School, Wilson Teachers College DC Teachers College, Federal City College, Washington Technical Institute, Antioch School of Law, DC School of Law, as well as the University of the District of Columbia.
Date of Original:: 1852/2009
Contributing Institution:: University of the District of Columbia

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