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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:: Collection containing over 4700 Kodachrome slides and black-and-white photographs documenting the following Mississippi counties in the late 1940s and 1950s: Benton, Clay, Grenada, Holmes, Jones, Marshall, Panola, Prentiss, Quitman, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Union, and Yalobusha. The collection includes 727 images of the University of Mississippi, most of the University images do not have corresponding dates but document the campus and culture prior to the 1962 Integration.
Date of Original:: 1949/1962
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Description:: Correspondence between Lillian Smith and her publisher, W.W. Norton & Company, particularly with George P. Brockway and Storer B. Lunt, who discuss the distribution of her works, publicity to sell her books, and reviews of her works. Also includes letters from others relating to the distribution of or reaction to her works.
Date of Original:: 1949/1966
Contributing Institution:: Hargrett Library

Description:: The Negro Motorist Green Book series was published by Victor H. Green as a resource for African American travelers; the information provided in the travel guide enabled African Americans to find safe and welcoming dining and lodging accommodations during the days of segregation.
Date of Original:: 1949
Contributing Institution:: Henry Ford (Organization)

Description:: Dockets, drafts of opinions, notes, and conference memorandums for the U.S. Supreme Court desegregation cases Sweatt v. Painter, Brown v. Board of Education, Heart of Atlanta v. Georgia, and Katzenbach v. McClung.
Date of Original:: 1949/1967
Contributing Institution:: Tarlton Law Library

Description:: The Atlanta Urban League (AUL) was established in 1920 as an affiliate of the National Urban League. The AUL served as an organization dedicated to addressing the social and economic concerns of African Americans in the city of Atlanta.
Date of Original:: 1948/1964
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Description:: This digital collection provides a contextual glance into primary sources surrounding the legal case Briggs v. Elliott. This court case “challenged school segregation in Summerton, South Carolina. In this collection, you’ll find letters, affidavits, brochures, and reports dating from 1952-1956.
Date of Original:: 1947/1984
Contributing Institution:: South Caroliniana Library
University of South Carolina. Libraries

Description:: 19th and 20th century images portraying the people, places, and events in King County, Washington's urban, suburban, and rural communities.
Date of Original:: 1947/1964
Contributing Institution:: University of Washington. Libraries
Museum of History and Industry (Seattle, Wash.)
Black Heritage Society of Washington State
Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society
White River Valley Museum
Wing Luke Asian Museum (Seattle, Wash.)
University of Washington. Libraries. Special Collections Division

Description:: 251 imaged documents from the Oklahoma State Supreme Court, Civil Case No. 32756 regarding the first African-American woman admitted to the University of Oklahoma law school in 1948.
Date of Original:: 1946/1948
Contributing Institution:: Oklahoma. Department of Libraries

Description:: A Democrat, Carroll Gartin served three terms as Mississippi's Lieutenant Governor (1952-1956, 1956-1960, and 1964-1966). He lost a 1953 campaign against incumbent James O. Eastland for the U.S. Senate and a 1959 race against Ross Barnett to become governor of the state. In 1966, Gartin announced his intention to run for governor again but died of a heart attack in December of that year.
Date of Original:: 1946/1964
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Description:: Photographs recording the activities, causes and individuals connected with the Civil Rights Congress (CRC) during the period of its existence, 1946-1955.
Date of Original:: 1946/1955
Contributing Institution:: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Description:: The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, 1946-2014, contains approximately 450 linear feet of personal papers, sermons, speeches, correspondence, SCLC and SCLC/WOMEN records, and hundreds of historical photographs and audiovisual records documenting the Lowery's struggle of justice and equality. The Lowery Trust granted sole ownership of the collection to Morehouse College in March 2021. Shortly thereafter, the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library was formally designated as custodian of the collection with responsibilities for housing and providing access for students, scholars, researchers, and the global community.
Date of Original:: 1946/2014
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Description:: 1946 monograph by the Southern Conference on Human Welfare about a race-related incident in Columbia, Tennessee
Date of Original:: 1946
Contributing Institution:: University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections

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