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Collection
Teachers' Domain Civil Rights special collection

Date of Original:: 2002/2008
Contributing Institution:: WGBH Educational Foundation

2. Radio Fights Jim Crow

Creator:: Smith, Stephen
Date of Original:: 2001
Collection:: Radio Fights Jim Crow
Contributing Institution:: American Public Media

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Collection
Radio fights Jim Crow / by Stephen Smith

Creator:: Smith, Stephen
American RadioWorks
National Endowment for the Humanities
Date of Original:: 2001
Contributing Institution:: American Public Media

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Collection
Albert Gore Sr. Senate Collection

Date of Original:: 1956/1968
Contributing Institution:: Albert Gore Research Center (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)