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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

Clear All State Tennessee

13.
Collection
African-American life in Memphis, Tenn.

Description:: Letter about the Selma-Montgomery March, letter about the preservation of the Lorraine Motel, and a pamphlet about the history of the NAACP.
Date of Original:: 1965
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

14.
Collection
Edmund Orgill papers

Description:: Papers of Memphis Mayor Edmund Orgill
Date of Original:: 1965
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

15.
Collection
Who Speaks for the Negro?

Description:
Date of Original:: 1964/1965
Contributing Institution:: Jean and Alexander Heard Library (Vanderbilt University)

16.
Collection
Carl and Anne Braden Papers

Description:: Documents describing civil rights projects in Fayette and Haywood counties in Tennessee from 1961 to 1963
Date of Original:: 1961/1963
Contributing Institution:: University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections

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Collection
Maxine A. Smith NAACP collection

Description:: Records dating from 1960 to 1969 documenting the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Memphis, Tennessee
Date of Original:: 1961/1969
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

18.
Collection
Memphis civil rights photograph collection

Description:
Date of Original:: 1960/1969
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

19.
Collection
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

20.
Collection
Long Civil Rights Movement: Photographs from the Ronnie Moore Papers, 1964 -1972

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

21.
Collection
Edwin Dalstrom papers

Description:: Correspondence and pamphlet of Edwin Dalstrom, Memphis Urban League chair in 1958
Date of Original:: 1958/1959
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

22.
Collection
Highlander Folk School collection

Description:
Date of Original:: 1958
Contributing Institution:: Jessie Ball duPont Library. Archives

23.
Collection
"Integrated in all respects": Ed Friend's Highlander Folk School films and the politics of segregation

Description:: Footage of the Highlander Folks School anniversary celebration in 1957 and the subsequent broadside produced by the pro-segregation Georgia Commission on Education.
Date of Original:: 1957
Contributing Institution:: Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

24.
Collection
Albert Gore Sr. Senate Collection

Description:: Civil rights-related correspondence of Senator Albert Gore, Sr. from 1956 to 1968
Date of Original:: 1956/1968
Contributing Institution:: Albert Gore Research Center (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)