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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:: Online encyclopedia and online magazine from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.
Date of Original:: 2022
Contributing Institution:: Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

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:: Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, audiovisual recordings, and more documenting AFL-CIO work between 1943 and 1999.
Date of Original:: 1943/1999
Contributing Institution:: University of Maryland, College Park. Libraries

Description:: Between 1973 and 1989, the Southeast Division made seven donations of materials to the GSU Southern Labor Archives. These include correspondence, print materials and publications by the AFL-CIO and other organizations, administrative records, photographs, and audio recordings, as well as the personal papers of E.T. Kehrer. 
Date of Original:: 1949/1989
Contributing Institution:: Georgia State University. Special Collections

Description:: Online scrapbook documenting African American life in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina from the 1940s through the 1990s.
Date of Original:: 1940/1999
Contributing Institution:: Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (N.C.)

Description:: Items from African American history collections within the Department of Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida Libraries
Date of Original:: 1930/1979
Contributing Institution:: University of Florida. Libraries

Description:: This collection traces the history and culture of African Americans particularly in the Eastern North Carolina region.
Date of Original:: 1728/2018
Contributing Institution:: J.Y. Joyner Library

Description:: Collection of books, pamphlets, and other printed material produced by African American authors or publishers in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Date of Original:: 1790/1922
Contributing Institution:: Emory University. General Libraries
Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Sensitive Content:: This collection may include historical materials that are offensive or harmful. Historical records are evidence of the time in which they were created and often contain language and images that are racist, homophobic, sexist, ableist, or otherwise derogatory and insensitive. This content does not reflect the values of Emory Libraries. If you are concerned about content in this collection, please complete our take down form and we will be in touch with you as soon as possible.

Description:: Letter about the Selma-Montgomery March, letter about the preservation of the Lorraine Motel, and a pamphlet about the history of the NAACP.
Date of Original:: 1965
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

Description:: This digital collection consists of materials related to African American lives, emphasizing matters of education, politics, and labor.
Date of Original:: 1882/2003
Contributing Institution:: William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library
Sensitive Content:: Material contained in The University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections may negatively depict race, gender, religious beliefs, ethnicities, and class. The University of Alabama Libraries does not endorse the views expressed in these materials. We present our collections as they were originally created to promote scholarly research and analysis.

Description:: Online version of an exhibit at the Library of Congress on African American life.
Date of Original:: 1998
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

Description:: Press photographs of protests and the Black Panthers in San Francisco between 1963 and 1974.
Date of Original:: 1963/1974
Contributing Institution:: Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

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