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Collection
Sit-ins & the movement

Date of Original:: 1995/2022
Contributing Institution:: International Civil Rights Center and Museum

2. The weary picket, 1977

Creator:: Brandon, Brumsic
Date of Original:: 1977
Collection:: African American Odyssey
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

3. The Civil Rights movement: Evaluating Lyndon B. Johnson's character and efforts during the civil rights era

Date of Original:: 1969-04
Collection:: For Educators
Contributing Institution:: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

4. Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking to reporters during the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's annual convention, Savannah, Georgia, 1964 October 1

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1964-10-01
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

5. WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. encouraging participation in the March on Washington, 1963

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1963-00-00
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

6. Burke Marshall

Date of Original:: 1961/1962
Collection:: Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection
Contributing Institution:: WGBH Educational Foundation

7. WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, clarifying the history of sit-ins as a direct action tactic at a press conference, 1960

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1960
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

8. Amistad Digital Resource for Teaching African American History

Date of Original:: 1954/1975
Collection:: Amistad Digital Resource for Teaching African American History
Contributing Institution:: Columbia Center for Digital Research and Scholarship

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Collection
Digital resource for teaching African American history

Date of Original:: 1954/1975
Contributing Institution:: Columbia Center for Digital Research and Scholarship

10. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Creator:: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Date of Original:: 1950/1979
Collection:: FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection
Contributing Institution:: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Collection
Wisconsin historical images

Date of Original:: 1940/1973
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

12. The race problem, as it respects colored people and the Christian Church, in the light of the developments of the last year

Creator:: Grimké, Francis J. (Francis James), 1850-1937
Date of Original:: 1919-12-27
Collection:: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: The Collection
Contributing Institution:: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History