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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
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Clear All State Washington

Description:: Oral histories with individuals with ties to both the Civil Rights movement and to Spokane, Washington.
Date of Original:: 2001-02
Contributing Institution:: Washington State University. Library. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Description:: Biographies and articles about the history of Washington state and the Seattle area.
Date of Original:: 1996
Contributing Institution:: HistoryLink.org

Description:: Oral history interviews with African American pioneers and their descendants throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
Date of Original:: 1972/1974
Contributing Institution:: Washington State University. Library. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Description:: The University of Washington Special Collections began collecting oral histories in the 1960s as part of an effort to document the history and culture of our regional ethnic communities. Forging partnerships with local organizations, oral historians recorded interviews with members of the Scandinavian American, African American, Japanese American, and Jewish communities in Seattle and Washington State.
Date of Original:: 1968/2015
Contributing Institution:: University of Washington. Libraries. Special Collections Division

Description:: Leaflets and newspapers that were distributed on the University of Washington campus during the decades of the 1960s and 1970s that reflect the social environment and political activities of the youth movement in Seattle during that period.
Date of Original:: 1960/1979
Contributing Institution:: University of Washington. Libraries. Special Collections Division

Description:: The papers of Catherine May Bedell, United States Representative from the Fourth Congressional District of Washington, 1959-1970.
Date of Original:: 1959/1970
Contributing Institution:: Washington State University. Library. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Description:: Using photographs, oral histories, and teachers' resources, the Web site documents the Civil Rights movement in Seattle, Washington from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Date of Original:: 1950/1979
Contributing Institution:: Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project