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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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Subject United States. Dept. of Justice State District of Columbia

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1. Police brutality (Justice Department)

Creator:: Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:: 1965-06/1965-11
Collection:: Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

2. Negro demonstration in Washington, D.C. Justice Dept. Bobby Kennedy speaking to crowd

Creator:: Leffler, Warren K.
Date of Original:: 1963-06-14
Collection:: Voices of Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

3. Report to President John F. Kennedy regarding civil rights

Creator:: Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Date of Original:: 1962
Collection:: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: The Collection
Contributing Institution:: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

4. 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