Civil Rights Digital Library

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This Search	Will Find
“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
King -Martin	Records with the name King but not the name Martin
“Freedom Rides” AND Carter	Records containing the phrase “Freedom Rides” and the name Carter
Selma AND (Lewis OR Williams)	Records containing the words Selma and Lewis or Selma and Williams

Using CRDL Materials

Educational and Scholarly Use

The digital reproductions included in the Civil Rights Digital Library have been made available for use in research, teaching (including distribution to classes), and private study. For these purposes you may reproduce (print, make photocopies, or download) materials from this web site without prior permission. Please provide proper attribution of the source in all copies.

Permission to Publish

Reproduction of CRDL materials for publication, broadcast, or commercial use requires written permission of the institution holding the physical item from which the digital version is derived, and is subject to terms and fees imposed by the holding institution. The Civil Rights Digital Library should be credited in the publication, broadcast, or other work.

Obtaining Copies

To acquire print, photographic, or higher quality digital copies of CRDL materials, contact the institution holding the physical item from which the digital version is derived.

Citing Sources

Because the materials in the Civil Rights Digital Library come from a number of repositories, please use the following form for citation:

[title of item when available], [name of collection], [name of repository], presented in the Civil Rights Digital Library

Examples:

Men Picking Cotton, Robert E. Williams Photographs, 1872-1898, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, presented in the Civil Rights Digital Library

Cornelius C. Platter Civil War Diary, 1864 - 1865, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, presented in the Civil Rights Digital Library

Linking to CRDL Resources

The materials and pages included in the Civil Rights Digital Library may be linked to freely from other Web pages and Internet resources.