Civil Rights Digital Library

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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
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“Freedom Rides” AND Carter	Records containing the phrase “Freedom Rides” and the name Carter
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Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

Serving as the archives for the City of Birmingham and as the archives for numerous local organizations and institutions, the collection contains more than 12,000 linear feet of archival material and over 400,000 photographs.

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Strengths:: Subject areas of particular strength include local government, urban and economic development, industry and the labor movement, women's history, religious history, art, music, literature, sports, and the largest collection in existence relating to the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham.
Location:: 2100 Park Place Birmingham, Alabama 35203-2744
Phone:: +1-205-226-3630

Collections

Name	Description
Oral Histories
Photographs
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing Collection
The Scrapbooks
Theophilus Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor Papers, 1959-1963