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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 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:: Selected photographs from U.S. News and World Report Magazine of the Civil Rights movement.
Date of Original:: 1959/1970
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

Description:: Photographs of African American schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia from the 1950s and 1960s.
Date of Original:: 1959/2003
Contributing Institution:: James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives

Description:: Collection of images of school desegregation protests in Farmville, Virginia, the county seat of Prince Edward County.
Date of Original:: 1959/1969
Contributing Institution:: James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives

Description:: Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights dating from its inception in 1957 to the present.
Date of Original:: 1959/2007
Contributing Institution:: Thurgood Marshall Law Library

Description:: Only known copy of the 1959 legal analysis that was used to justify the desegregation of Tulane University.
Date of Original:: 1959
Contributing Institution:: Tulane University. Special Collections

Description:: N.A.A.C.P. card and reprinting of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham City Jail from the family of Memphis African American businessman, Robert R. Church.
Date of Original:: 1959/1963
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

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

Description:: The Mildred Grossman collection contains photographs of the Little Rock Nine, the first African American students to attend an integrated school in Arkansas in 1957; Grossman photographed the students during a trip to New York City in the summer of 1958, where the students met with union leaders, diplomats, and elected officials who wished to honor them for their courage and achievements.
Date of Original:: 1958
Contributing Institution:: Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery. Special Collections Department