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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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1. Civil Rights Movement : primary source set

Date of Original:: 2015/9999
Collection:: Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

2. Jim Crow and Segregation : primary source set

Date of Original:: 2015/9999
Collection:: Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

3. NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom ; primary source set

Date of Original:: 2015/9999
Collection:: Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

4. Rosa Parks : primary source set

Date of Original:: 2015/9999
Collection:: Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

5. A country preacher : Rev. De Laine

Date of Original:: 2004
Collection:: Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection
Contributing Institution:: WGBH Educational Foundation

6. Veterans of Hope Project

Date of Original:: 1990/9999
Collection:: Veterans of Hope Project
Contributing Institution:: Veterans of Hope Project