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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
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Description:: The I.S. Leevy collection contains a biography, newspaper clippings, personal correspondence and ephemera, and multiple school notebooks from Isaac Samuel Leevy’s time at Hampton Institute (Hampton Junior School) in Hampton, Virginia.
Date of Original:: 1905/1973
Contributing Institution:: South Caroliniana Library
University of South Carolina. Libraries

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:: Documents from the Papers of Robert E. McNair at South Carolina Political Collections
Date of Original:: 1905/1989
Contributing Institution:: South Caroliniana Library

Description:: Photographs from 1904 to 2000 documenting portraiture, family, research, and events participated in by African American scholar and minister C. Eric Lincoln.
Date of Original:: 1904/2000
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Description:: Companion Web site to the PBS program "Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey" that includes teacher's resources.
Date of Original:: 1904/1971
Contributing Institution:: Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

Description:: The records of the Neighborhood Union Collection include correspondence, speeches, financial reports, minutes, committee reports, news clippings, programs, photographs, scrapbooks and additional memorabilia preserving a rich legacy and history of one of the earliest private social welfare organizations founded by African American in Atlanta.
Date of Original:: 1903/1936
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Description:: Documents the experiences of women and men participating in women-centered and LGBTQ activist and advocacy activities in Georgia and the Southeast throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
Date of Original:: 1900/9999
Contributing Institution:: Georgia State University. Special Collections

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.)

Description:: Moving images, instructional materials, and sound recordings illustrating the Civil Rights movement in Florida
Date of Original:: 1900/1999
Contributing Institution:: Florida Humanities Council

Description:: Oral history interviews with teachers, activists, clergy, and community leaders who grew up in the predominantly African-American Historic Fulton community in Richmond, Virginia in the 1930s through the 1950s.
Date of Original:: 1900/1999
Contributing Institution:: James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives

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

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