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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

Description:: Online exhibit mounted by the Library of Congress documenting Brown v. the Board of Education.
Date of Original:: 1954/2004
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

Description:: Selected Baldy editorial cartoons from the Atlanta Journal Constitution, covering the Civil Rights movement in Georgia and the rest of the South from 1953 to 1982.
Date of Original:: 1953/1980
Contributing Institution:: Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

Description:: The Bob Simms collection documents the life and activities of Robert H. Simms in the black communities in Coconut Grove and Miami and reflects his work with the Community Relations Board and the Defense Race Relations Institute. The collection also contains campaign materials from Leah Simms, the first African American female judge in the state of Florida, and the "Glory in the Grove" photographs of people and events at the George Washington Carver elementary and high schools in Coconut Grove before desegregation. A final component of the collection includes photographs, correspondence and clippings of General "Chappie" James and his family. General James was the first four star African American General and married Dorothy Watkins.
Date of Original:: 1953/1964
Contributing Institution:: University of Miami. Library. Special Collections

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

Description:: Magazines, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets published by various Citizens Councils in Mississippi from 1952 to 1986 detailing their views on race and segregation.
Date of Original:: 1952/1986
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
Sensitive Content:: Some of the images and language that appear in this digital collection depict prejudices that are not condoned by the University of Mississippi. This content is being presented as historical documents to aid in the understanding of both American history and the history of the University of Mississippi. The University Creed speaks to our current deeply held values, and the availability of this content should not be taken as an endorsement of previous attitudes or behavior.

Description:: Eisenhower administration documents related to the Brown versus the Board of Education case
Date of Original:: 1951
1953/1954
1957
Contributing Institution:: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

Description:: The papers, which consist of letters, memoranda, clippings, photographs and reports, are the office files kept by Theophilius Eugene "Bull" Connor during his last five years as Commissioner of Public Safety.
Date of Original:: 1951/1963
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

Description:: Television news footage and scripts read on-air by anchorpersons at WSLS-TV in Roanoke, Virginia from 1951 to 1971; content includes a significant amount of coverage of the Massive Resistance Movement and Civil Rights Movement in Virginia.
Date of Original:: 1951/1971
Contributing Institution:: University of Virginia. Library

Description:: The collection contains correspondence, newsletters, publications, and other materials relating to the activities of Faith Holsaert from the 1960s to the present.
Date of Original:: 1950/2011
Contributing Institution:: Duke University. Library

Description:: Emory University undergraduate students examine unsolved and unpunished racially motivated murders from the modern civil rights era in Georgia.
Date of Original:: 1950/1970
Contributing Institution:: Emory University. General Libraries

Description:: Civil rights related materials including correspondence, business records, diaries, newspaper clippings, and photographs primarily from the 1950's through the 1960's.
Date of Original:: 1950/1969
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

Description:: The Historic Schools Photograph Collection contains approximately 1,800 images taken by the Georgia Department of Education in the 1950s of White and African American school buildings.
Date of Original:: 1950/1959
Contributing Institution:: Georgia Archives

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