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1961 Civil Rights Activists: A Celebration of ASC Students: Web site commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of civil rights activities that took place in Albany, Georgia in 1961; the site highlights the role of Albany State College students in the Albany Movement.
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Ada Lois Sipuel v. Board of Regents University of Oklahoma, 1948-: 251 imaged documents from the Oklahoma State Supreme Court, Civil Case No. 32756 regarding the first African-American woman admitted to the University of Oklahoma law school in 1948.
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An African American album vol. 2: the Black Experience in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County: Online scrapbook documenting African American life in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina from the 1940s through the 1990s.
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African American collections: Items from African American history collections within the Department of Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida Libraries
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African-American Life in Memphis, Tenn.: Letter about the Selma-Montgomery March, letter about the preservation of the Lorraine Motel, and a pamphlet about the history of the NAACP.
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African American Odyssey: Online version of an exhibit at the Library of Congress on African American life.
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African American Oral History Collection: Interviews (available as audio files and transcriptions), mostly conducted in the late 1970s, that document the many aspects of life in Louisville, particularly as experienced by African Americans.
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African American World: History of African Americans in the United States as documented by programs on PBS and NPR.
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African Americans seen through the eyes of the newsreel cameraman: Fox News and Fox Movietone News camera crews covered the people and events of the country and the world.
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Alabama History Education Materials: The Alabama History Education Materials Collection features instructional activities and lesson plans that were created from the collections of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. The materials in this collection cover topics in Alabama History from the First Alabamians to the modern Civil Rights Movement and more. These materials are downloadable, printable, and free to use.
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Alabama Media Group Collection: This collection contains more than 3 million negatives taken by newspaper photographers working for the Birmingham News, the Huntsville Times, and Mobile’s Press-Register between the 1920s and the early 2000s (mostly from the 1960s to the 1990s).
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Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection: The Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection includes over 20,000 images covering a a wide range of topics, places, and individuals from throughout the state's history.
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Albert Gore Sr. Senate Collection: Civil rights-related correspondence of Senator Albert Gore, Sr. from 1956 to 1968
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Alice Greenfield McGrath papers: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Allen Building takeover collection, 1969-2002: Documents related to the February 13, 1969 occupation of Duke University's main administration building by students belonging to the school's Afro-American Society.
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Allen-White High School collection: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View both collection items »
American apartheid: Companion Web site for the Louisiana Public Broadcasting documentary that examines the East Baton Rouge Parish desegregation lawsuit.
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American Experience: Companion Web site to the PBS series, "The American Experience."
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Amistad Digital Resource for Teaching African American History: Multimedia resource for secondary school teachers to enhance their knowledge and ability in teaching African American history.
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Anaheim Public Library photograph collection on Anaheim local history, 1860-1970 (bulk 1860-1923): Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Anne Braden Oral History Project: Oral history interviews conducted between 1989 and 1999 about civil rights activist Anne Braden.
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The Archive: The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Asa and Elna Spaulding papers, 1909-1997 and undated, bulk 1935-1983: Materials document the lifelong involvement of African American civic leaders Asa and Edna Spaulding in the business, political, educational, religious, and social life of Durham, N.C.; the Spauldings were active in a broad range of political bodies, businesses, civic groups, and activist organizations.
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Athens Oral History Project: Oral histories documenting the history of Athens, Georgia from the mid-twentieth century to the 2010s including neighborhoods and communities in Athens, civil rights demonstrations, African American history, as well as personal histories of narrators.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs: Photographs dating from the 1840s to the 2009 from the photography staff of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Audio-Visual Photographs: Collection of digitized photographs from the Fulton County Schools Archives.
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Augustus F. Hawkins Papers, 1935-1990: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »

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Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.: Selected Baldy editorial cartoons from the Atlanta Journal Constitution, covering the Civil Rights movement in Georgia and the rest of the South from 1953 to 1982.
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Barbara C. Jordan Archives: Collection of more than 200 photographs from the Barbara C. Jordan Archives at Texas Southern University. Barbara Jordan was the first African American since Reconstruction to serve in the Texas State Senate. Jordan was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1972, and became the first African American to represent Texas in the House and the first African American woman from the South to be elected to Congress.
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Basil Lee Whitener papers, 1889-1968: Correspondence and materials relating to issues of national importance during the 1960s, including civil rights legislation, from congressional files belonging to Basil Lee Whitener (1915-1989), a U.S. Representative from Gastonia, N.C.
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The Baton Rouge Bus Boycott of 1953: A Recaptured Past: Online exhibit about the 1953 bus boycott in Baton Rouge, Louisiana featuring black-and-white photographs, oral histories, and a timeline of events.
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Beck Cultural Exchange Center Collection: Selections from the collections of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Beck Cultural Exchange Center Collection: Photographs related to protests of segregated theaters in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1962 and 1963.
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Behind the Veil: History of African American life during the age of Jim Crow, roughly the period from the 1890s to the 1950s.
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Bill Wilson Photographs, 1938-1979, undated: Photographs of civil rights demonstrations in Vine City, the integration of Murphy High School, the Sibley Commission, and Atlanta-based civil rights leaders such as Julian Bond and Ralph Abernathy from 1938 to 1979.
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Biographical Files (Reference Collection), 1882-: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute: The Concerned White Citizens of Alabama records consist of the organization’s constitution, statement of purpose, minutes from meetings, and correspondence between officers of the organization and a variety of supporters, media representatives, and elected officials. In addition, the records contain membership cards, mailing lists, envelopes, flyers, bank statements, and many more. Of particular interest are flyers distributed throughout the state by the CWCA, as well as a series of sworn citizens’ statements related to the case of Caliph Washington.
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Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Oral History Project Collection: In 1995, Dr. Horace Huntley started the Oral History Project at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute to collect the stories of individuals involved in the Civil Rights Movement in 1960s Birmingham, Alabama.
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Black History Month 2004 : A Civil Rights Resource: Online primary sources (video and audio clips) documenting the movement for civil rights in American history provided through the C-Span in the Classroom program.
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Black Oral History Collection: Oral history interviews with African American pioneers and their descendants throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
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The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords, A Film by Stanley Nelson: Companion Web site to the PBS program, "The Black Press."
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Black Student Alliance records, 1969-2006: Contains the records of Duke University's Black Student Alliance and materials belonging to Duke University student groups that pertain to the African diaspora, race relations at Duke University, and related activities in the local community.
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BlackPast.Org: Remembered and Reclaimed, an Online Reference Guide to African American History: Web portal of African American history.
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Brian Urquhart collection of material about Ralph Bunche, ca. 1932-1972: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Brown: Before and After: Online exhibit featuring photographs and documents about school desegregation in Virginia with a focus on Prince Edward County.
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Building the African-American Community: Building the African-American Community is a collection of photographs and texts largely from the Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum, dedicated to preserving the African-American cultural history of Austin, Texas.
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Butler Center for Arkansas Studies Oral History Collections: Civil rights-related oral history items from the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
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California Cornerstones: Selected Images from The Bancroft Library Pictorial Collection: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
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California Ephemera Collection, 1860-: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Carl and Anne Braden Papers: Documents describing civil rights projects in Fayette and Haywood counties in Tennessee from 1961 to 1963
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Catherine May Bedell Congressional Papers: The papers of Catherine May Bedell, United States Representative from the Fourth Congressional District of Washington, 1959-1970.
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Changing Faces : Civil Rights at Middle Tennessee State University, 1965-2000: Online slide show about the Civil Rights Movement and its effect on Middle Tennessee State University
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Charles N. Hunter papers, 1850s-1932 and undated: Materials belonging to African American educator, journalist, and reformer Charles N. Hunter from Raleigh, North Carolina that discuss and illuminate the problems experienced by emancipated African Americans during Reconstruction and into the early 20th century, encompassing agriculture, business, race relations, reconstruction, education, politics, voting rights, and economic improvement.
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Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection: Selected photographs from the collection of Charlotta Bass, Los Angeles-based African American journalist, educator, and political activist.
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Chattanooga Sit-ins and desegregation: Collection of scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and photographs documenting desegregation and sit-ins in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Citizens' Council Collection: Magazines, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets published by various Citizens Council's in Mississippi from 1952 to 1986 detailing their views on race and segregation.
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Civil Case Files, 1938-1995, Records of the District Courts of the United States: Civil rights cases from U.S. District courts
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Civil Rights Accomplishments: List of civil rights-related accomplishments of the Kennedy administration
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Civil Rights and the Pulitzer Prize in Georgia: Digital exhibition celebrating the centennial of The Pulitzer Prizes by featuring Pulitzer winners with ties to Georgia and featuring Pulitzer winning work that has promoted civil rights.
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Civil Rights Archive: The University of Mississippi's Civil Rights Archive contains digitized versions of small collections related to the struggle for civil rights in Mississippi and the American South.
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Civil Rights-- Brown vs. Board of Education: Eisenhower administration documents related to the Brown versus the Board of Education case
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Civil Rights-- Civil Rights Act of 1957: Eisenhower administration records related to the Civil Rights Act of 1957
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Civil Rights Collection: 27,000 photographs documenting the Civil Rights movement in the South from 1960 to 1965.
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Civil Rights Documentation Project: Instructional Web site focusing on the story of the legislative process related to the Civil Rights movement.
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Civil Rights-- Eisenhower & the Eisenhower Administration: Documents regarding the Eisenhower administration's views on civil rights
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Civil Rights-- Emmett Till Case: Documents from the Eisenhower administration related to the 1955 murder of Emmett Till
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The Civil Rights Era in the U.S. News & World Report Photographs Collection: Selected Images from the Collections of the Library of Congress: Selected photographs from U.S. News and World Report Magazine of the Civil Rights movement.
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Civil rights films from USC's moving image research collections: This curated collection brings together diverse archival footage from the University of South Carolina's Moving Image Research Collections (MIRC) documenting the Civil Rights movement, and the long struggle for equality and social justice in South Carolina and beyond.
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Civil Rights -- Florida Humanities Council: Moving images, instructional materials, and sound recordings illustrating the Civil Rights movement in Florida
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Civil Rights History Project: Oral history interviews with civil rights activists conducted as part of the Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009.
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Civil Rights in Black and Brown: Covering the period since the onset of the civil rights era, the Civil Rights in Black and Brown oral history interviews with African American, Mexican American, and white activists located throughout the large, diverse state adds new depth to the study of “black/brown” and multicultural relations past and present.
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Civil Rights Law: Video course on civil rights that focuses on the rights of all Americans under the federal and state Constitutions and laws.
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Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine: The Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine preserves, and makes available to the public, historical material documenting local race relations during the 1960s. In collaboration between Flagler College faculty and students, members of the community, and other archives and organizations, the Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine has collected oral histories, interviews, documents, and photographs.
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Civil Rights-- Little Rock School Integration: Eisenhower administration records on the integration of Central High School in Little Rock.
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Civil Rights Movement and Television: Article on television's role during the Civil Rights movement.
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Civil Rights Movement and the Black Experience in Miami: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Civil Rights movement in Kentucky oral history project: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Civil Rights Movement in Virginia : An Exhibition on Display February 7 - June 19, 2004: Online exhibit the African American Civil Rights Movement in the twentieth century in Virginia with a focus on the 1950s and 1960s.
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Civil Rights Movement & Its Leaders: Audio and video recordings of civil rights leaders A. Philip Randolph, Thurgood Marshall, and Malcolm X and presidents Truman and Kennedy with accompanying lesson plans.
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Civil Rights Oral History Interviews: Oral histories with individuals with ties to both the Civil Rights movement and to Spokane, Washington.
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Civil Rights Papers: Materials that document race relations and desegregation in Georgia from the late nineteenth century to the latter half of the twentieth century.
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Cleveland memory project: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Clinton High School Desegregation from the Knoxville Journal Collection: Black-and-white photographs from the Knoxville Journal of the 1956 school integration efforts in Clinton, Tennessee
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Collection of Underground, Alternative and Extremist Literature, 1900-1990: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Project: Selected highlights of the ethnic collections from leading repositories in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
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The Community Bulletin: In the late 1960s during a time of racial disparity and heightened tensions, this community bulletin gently insists upon justice. The authors alternately seek to encourage and to unite people of color in Abilene by providing encouraging stories and histories of well-known people of color.
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Content, context, and capacity : a collaborative large-scale digitization project on the long civil rights movement in North Carolina: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Crispus Attucks High School Collection: The Indianapolis School Board of Commissioners voted on a plan to create a segregated high school in 1922 and Crispus Attucks High School opened in 1927 with an enrollment of 1,345 African American students. In addition to its famous 1955 state championship basketball team, Attucks produced many well-known alumni in several professional fields. Attucks flourished as both an academic institution and center for the African American community, and was simultaneously linked with the struggle for civil rights in education. This collection contains photographs and documents relating to the school and its history.
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Crispus Attucks Museum: Yearbooks and newspapers from Indianapolis' first segregated high school (1928-1986).
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Dalton Segregation Documents: Printed materials from the Association of Citizens' Councils supporting segregation.
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Department of African and African American studies records, 1966-1981: Collection home »Compact list of all items » Search this collection's 171 items »
Desegregation in Delaware : celebrating Brown at 50: Lesson plans designed to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education by highlighting significant Delaware school desegregation cases, the state's implementation of the Brown decision, and Delaware's role in the development of national civil rights laws.
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Digital Anaheim: Primary Sources in the Classroom: Photographs depicting segregated education in Anaheim, California.
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Digital Archive: Brown v. Board of Education: Brown versus the Board of Education materials highlighting the Supreme Court cases; busing and school integration efforts in northern urban areas; school integration in the Ann Arbor Public School District; and recent resegregation trends in American schools.
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Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project: Black-and-white photographs of the African American community in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1930 to 1970 taken by Teenie Harris, African American photographer for the African American newspaper the Pittsburgh Courier
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Dr. King and the 1968 AFSCME Memphis Sanitation Strike: Photographs, video, and articles about the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' strike and King's role in the strike.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassination Investigation: Records of the investigation of Martin Luther King's assassination in Memphis, Tennessee
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Legacy of Racial and Social Justice: Teacher's resources related to the King's legacy produced by the National Park Service.
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Durham Civil Rights Heritage Project: Black-and-white photographs and documents covering the Civil Rights movement in Durham, North Carolina during the 1960s.
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Edmund Orgill Papers: Papers of Memphis Mayor Edmund Orgill
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Educators and Civil Rights: Oral history interviews on African American education in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools: Photographs of African American schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia from the 1950s and 1960s.
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Edward Ross Roybal Papers 1953-1962: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Edwin Dalstrom Papers: Correspondence and pamphlet of Edwin Dalstrom, Memphis Urban League chair in 1958
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Encyclopedia of Alabama: Free, online reference resource on Alabama's history, culture, geography, and natural environment.
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Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture: Encyclopedia articles on Arkansas civil rights leaders, court cases, and the desegregation of Central High School.
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Encyclopedia of Chicago: Online encyclopedia about the Chicago metropolitan area.
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Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Encyclopedia Virginia: Encyclopedia articles on Virginia civil rights leaders, court cases, and events.
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Equality of Educational Opportunity: A publication of the National Center for Educational Statistics.
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Eugene Avery Adams Papers, 1892-1968: Eugene Avery Adams (1886-1958) was a minister in the African American Episcopal Church and a leader in the fields of education, civil rights, and business.
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Eyes on the Prize Interviews: Transcripts of the interviews used as the basis of "Eyes on the Prize."
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Faith Holsaert Papers 1950-2011: The collection contains correspondence, newsletters, publications, and other materials relating to the activities of Faith Holsaert from the 1960s to the present.
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Farmville 1963 civil rights protests: Collection of images of school desegregation protests in Farmville, Virginia, the county seat of Prince Edward County.
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FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection: Civil-rights related cases from the files of the FBI.
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First-person Narratives of the American South: Southern diaries, autobiographies, memoirs, travel accounts, and ex-slave narratives of relatively inaccessible populations: women, African Americans, enlisted men, laborers, and Native Americans.
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Florida Civil Rights Oral Histories: Oral histories of Florida civil rights activists.
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Florida Memory Project: Civil rights resources from the State Library and Archives of Florida.
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Floyd Jillson Photograph Collection, 1957-1992 and n.d., (bulk 1965-1975): Color photographs taken from 1957 to 1992 by Floyd Jillson, staff photographer for the Atlanta Constitution-Journal Magazine, of metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia-related sporting events, and Georgia political figures such as Jimmy Carter, Andrew Young, and Sam Nunn.
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For Educators: Instructional materials incorporating original documents from the collections of the Gilder Lehman Institute.
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Frank Holloman collection: Documents related to Memphis police chief and former F.B.I. agent Frank Holloman related to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001: Forty-three interviews of Freedom Riders conducted during the Fortieth Anniversary of the rides in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Freedom Riders: The Children Shall Lead: Web site companion to the film about the freedom rides, The Children Shall Lead
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Freedom summer digital collection: Selected materials from more than 100 manuscript collections documenting the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project of 1964.
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From freedom rides to Ferguson: narratives of nonviolence in the American civil rights movement: Online course on the modern Civil Rights Movement taught by civil rights worker Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Jr. The course will shed light on the often overlooked strategic planning that supported the direction of civil rights events from the perspective of a civil rights worker intimately involved with the organization of the Civil Rights Movement.
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General Oral History Collection: Oral histories dating from 1975 onwards from the collections of Columbus State University's Archives.
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The Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project at Emory University: Emory University undergraduate students examine unsolved and unpunished racially motivated murders from the modern civil rights era in Georgia.
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Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program: Oral histories with twentieth-century Georgia politicians and political observers
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Georgia Public Broadcasting Digital Library: Interviews with civil rights leaders Hosea Williams, John Lewis, Andrew Young, and Joseph Lowery as well as a program about school desegregation and one about the civil rights movement in Georgia.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: The Collection: Documents and realia from the collections of the Gilder Lehrman Institute documenting African Americans from the discovery of America through the Civil Rights movement.
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Goin' back : remembering UGA: Oral history interviews with University of Georgia alumni describing their student days from the 1930s to the 1970s as well as reflecting on life in contemporary Georgia.
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Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015: The purpose of the project is to document education in Goochland County, Virginia, particularly the impact of the Rosenwald Schools, and the differences between the education offered to white and black students during the period the Rosenwald Schools operated.
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H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College : collections online: H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College Collections Online features online descriptions to key collections belonging to Trenholm State's Division of Institutional Archives and Special Collections of Montgomery's Pioneer Voting Rights Activists; selected collections described at this site cover significant events in Alabama's voting rights movement, as well as materials about prominent Montgomery, Alabama-area African American civil rights workers, elected officials, and educators.
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Handbook of Texas Online: Online encyclopedia about the history of Texas.
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Happiness & hard times: Transcripts of oral histories conducted in 1973 with Savannah residents.
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Harvey Newman Papers: Papers documenting Harvey Newman's teaching, research, and civic engagement from 1967 to 2015 including two Atlanta-focused research projects, City of Atlanta Case Studies and Making of Modern Atlanta (the Andrew Young Legacy Project), for which Newman and others conducted interviews with prominent figures in government and politics, civic affairs, and civil rights.
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Hearings before the United States Commission on Civil Rights: A report from the hearings before the United States Commission on Civil Rights that took place on June 25-26, 1962 in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Herman Harris Collection: This collection consists of African American educator Herman Harris' work with the public school systems in the Alabama, the civil rights movements and his services on various civil and religious boards throughout the state.
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Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement: Mug shots of civil rights workers arrested in Montgomery, Alabama on February 21, 1956 and on May 25, 1961.
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Hill Foundation Hoxie 21 Collection: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Historic Audio Collections: Historic audio clips of interviews and radio broadcasts concerning service in WWII, desegregation, recycling, and baseball in Delaware.
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Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights: Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights dating from its inception in 1957 to the present.
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History Now; American History Online: The Civil Rights Movement: Issue of History Now; American History Online focusing on the Civil Rights movement.
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HistoryLink.Org: Biographies and articles about the history of Washington state and the Seattle area.
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Home - "I Raised My Hand to Volunteer" Exhibit: Online exhibit about the 1960s student protests in Chapel Hill, N.C
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A House Divided Teaching Guide: Online teaching guide companion to a documentary about the Civil Rights movement in New Orleans, Louisiana covering the years 1950 to 1965.
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Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles Photograph Collection: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
A Huey P. Newton Story: Companion Web site to the PBS program "A Huey P. Newton Story," on the Black Panther Party founder.
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I Am a Man: An Exhibit Honoring the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike: Exhibit featuring black-and-white photographs, essays, and a chronology of events for the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' strike.
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An Imperfect Revolution: Voices from the Desegregation Era: Radio documentary about school desegregation in Charlotte, North Carolina and Louisville, Kentucky.
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Independent Lens: Companion Web site to the PBS series, "Independent Lens."
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Individuals Active in Civil Disturbances, volume 1: Identification photographs of civil rights workers and members of white supremacy organizations distributed by the Alabama Department of Safety in 1965.
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Individuals Active in Civil Disturbances, volume 2: Identification photographs of civil rights workers and members of white supremacy organizations distributed by the Alabama Department of Safety in 1965.
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"Integrated in All Respects": Ed Friend's Highlander Folk School Films and the Politics of Segregation: Footage of the Highlander Folks School anniversary celebration in 1957 and the subsequent broadside produced by the pro-segregation Georgia Commission on Education.
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Integrating Ole Miss-- A Civil Rights Milestone: John F. Kennedy Library and Museum materials about the court-ordered and federally-backed integration of the University of Mississippi
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Integration and the Black Experience at LSU: Oral histories of African American alumni and alumnae of Louisiana State University recorded during the 1990s.
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Integration Correspondence: James Meredith's correspondence related to his 1962 enrollment in the University of Mississippi.
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Integration of the University of Mississippi: Images, documents, and correspondence related to the 1962 enrollment of James H. Meredith to the University of Mississippi.
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An Interactive Civil Rights Chronology: Timeline listing events in the African American struggle for Civil Rights in the United States.
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Inventory of the Women-In-Action for the Prevention of Violence and Its Causes, Inc. Durham chapter records, 1968-1998: Collection of correspondence, by-laws, meeting agendas and minutes, budgets, articles of incorporation belonging to this non-profit, interracial organization founded in Durham, N.C. in September 1968.
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Isaiah DeQuincey Newman, (1911-1985), Papers, 1929-2003: Collection home »Compact list of all items » Search this collection's 469 items »

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Jack Rabin collection on Alabama Civil Rights and Southern Activists: Documents, sound recordings, and visual images covering the Civil Rights movement in Alabama and the work of Southern activists.
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James H. Karales Photographs 1953-2006: This digital collection includes finished prints by 20th century American photojournalist James Karales made between 1953 and 1985.
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James Karales : 1956-1969: Thirty-four black-and-white photographs of Look photojournalist James Karales documenting the Selma to Montgomery March; the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and passive resistance training in Atlanta in 1960; South Vietnam during the Vietnam War; Rendville, Ohio, an integrated mining town in 1956; logging in the Pacific Northwest in 1958; and the Lower East Side of New York City in 1969.
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James O. Eastland Collection Photographs: The University of Mississippi's James O. Eastland Collection Photographs contains photographs from the life of Mississippi senator James O. Eastland.
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James W. Silver Collection: The James W. Silver Digital Collection contains news clippings and pamphlets that document the controversy surrounding Silver’s publicly-expressed support for ending segregation, particularly after the publication of Mississippi: The Closed Society.
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JFK in History: Civil Rights Context in the Early 1960s: Web site presenting a four part article about the history of African American civil rights
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Jim Crow / Segregation: Article on the implementation of racial segregation laws and the impact of segregation in the state of Louisiana.
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Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection: James H. "Jim" Peppler, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a staff photographer of the weekly paper, The Southern Courier, from May 1965 to mid-1968. During his three years working for the Southern Courier, Mr. Peppler took over 11,000 photographs documenting the civil rights movement, social conditions in central Alabama, the nightclub Laicos in Montgomery, and the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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John C. Satterfield American Bar Association Collection: John C. Satterfield presided over the American Bar Association from 1961 to 1962. In 1969, Time described him as “the most prominent segregationist lawyer in the country.”
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John E. Phay Collection: Collection containing over 4700 Kodachrome slides and black-and-white photographs documenting the following Mississippi counties in the late 1940s and 1950s: Benton, Clay, Grenada, Holmes, Jones, Marshall, Panola, Prentiss, Quitman, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Union, and Yalobusha. The collection includes 727 images of the University of Mississippi, most of the University images do not have corresponding dates but document the campus and culture prior to the 1962 Integration.
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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View all five collection items »
John J. Herrera Papers: John James Herrera (1910-1986), a lawyer and leading civil rights advocate for Mexican Americans, played a role in key cases that ultimately established that separate schools for Mexican American children were illegal and that the systematic exclusion of Spanish-speaking citizens from service on juries was unconstitutional.
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Judy Richardson Papers 1963-2014: Papers of Judy Richardson, a veteran of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee who worked in Mississippi during the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project in 1964.
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Kentuckiana Digital Library: The Kentuckiana Digital Library is your gateway to rare and unique digitized collections housed in Kentucky archives.
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Kentucky encyclopedia: Online reference resource on Kentucky history; civil rights articles include native Kentucky civil rights leaders Muhammad Ali, Alice (Allison) Dunnigan, and Whitney Young.
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King County Snapshots: A Photographic Heritage of Seattle and Surrounding Communities: 19th and 20th century images portraying the people, places, and events in King County, Washington's urban, suburban, and rural communities.
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King's Last March: Radio documentary on Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968.
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Land of (Unequal) Opportunity: Documenting the Civil Rights Struggle in Arkansas: Textual and visual materials relating to civil rights in Arkansas.
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Larry Rubin Papers 1961-2010: Audio and video of meetings and activities of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Georgia recorded by Larry Rubin in the early 1960s; audio letters from Larry Rubin to his parents from Georgia in the early 1960s; Rubin's radio program, "Revolution in Georgia," created at Antioch College in the early 1960s; two video documentaries of the movement in Georgia featuring Rubin; two programs commemorating SNCC, dating from 2003 and 2010; papers relating to the arrest of Rubin and other SNCC/COFO members in Mississippi in 1964 for hauling books to Freedom Schools.
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Leaders in the Struggle for Civil Rights: Article on the civil rights leaders who influenced President Kennedy.
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LEARN NC - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Lesson plans and other teacher resources keyed to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.
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Leesburg Stockade: In 1963, Thirty Black Preteen Girls Were Imprisoned in a Hot Georgia Stockade for 45 Days for Trying to Buy Movie Tickets: Blog post on the false imprisonment of thirty African American teenage girls in a squalid Leesburg, Georgia stockade during the summer of 1963.
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Legal landmarks in Cleveland history : Reed v. Rhodes: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View all eight collection items »
Lester Maddox Photographs, 1934-2000, undated: Black-and-white and color photographs from 1934 to 2000 of the Pickrick restaurant, Lester Maddox's political campaigns for governor, and his inauguration.
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LIFE Presents : never-before-published Photos From Memphis, April 4, 1968: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Lift every voice : music in American life: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Living the Story: The Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky: Companion Web site to film on the Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky
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Lloyd L. Gaines Collection: Documents relating to the 1938 U.S. Supreme Court case, State of Missouri ex rel Gaines v. Canada, which paved the way for a series of cases that would lead to Brown v. Board of Education's outlawing segregation in public education.
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Los Angeles Daily News Negatives, 1925-1954: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives, ca. 1918-: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Louisiana Historical Photographs of the State Library: A selection of black-and-white photographs of the Civil Rights movement in Louisiana, 1960s.
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LSU Special Collections Library - Selected Materials: The selection consists of correspondence from the Baton Rouge Council on Human Relations on discrimination in public accommodations, 1966.
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Mapping Local Knowledge: Danville, Virginia 1945 - 1975: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Mapping the Voter Education Project (VEP): Interactive map locating the hundreds of grassroots African American registration campaigns throughout the South backed by the Voter Education Project (VEP) between 1962 and 1970.
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March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project: Sound recordings, moving images, photographs, and manuscript materials related to the Civil Rights movement in Milwaukee.
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Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute: Web site for the Stanford University-based Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute which works in cooperation with the Martin Luther King, Jr. family to publish and preserve the speeches, writings, and correspondence of Martin Luther King
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Maxine A. Smith NAACP Collection: Records dating from 1960 to 1969 documenting the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Memphis, Tennessee
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Memphis civil rights photograph collection: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View all 13 collection items »
Memphis Interview Collection: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Memphis World, April 6, 1968: Selected articles from the April 6, 1968 issue of the Memphis-based, African American newspaper, the Memphis World.
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Memphis World, January 27, 1950: Selected articles from the January 27, 1950 issue of the Memphis-based, African American newspaper, the Memphis World.
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Mildred Grossman collection: The Mildred Grossman collection contains photographs of the Little Rock Nine, the first African American students to attend an integrated school in Arkansas in 1957; Grossman photographed the students during a trip to New York City in the summer of 1958, where the students met with union leaders, diplomats, and elected officials who wished to honor them for their courage and achievements.
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Minnesota Historical Society Library History Topics : African American Civil Rights Movement: Overview of the Civil Rights movement in Minnesota accompanied by bibliographies and related items in the Minnesota Historical Society's collections.
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Mississippi Education Collection: The Mississippi Education Collection contains articles, newsletters, and miscellaneous documents related to education in Mississippi.
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Mississippi History Now: Black history: Online articles written for a broad audience of scholars, teachers, students, and interested general readers on prominent African American Mississippians and events impacting African Americans in Mississippi.
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Mississippi State Textbook Commission: The collection consists entirely of the typed minutes of the Mississippi State Textbook Rating and Purchasing Board (1940-46), the Mississippi State Textbook Purchasing Board (1946-1981), and the Mississippi State Textbook Procurement Commission (1981-1987).
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Modjeska Monteith Simkins: In Her Own Words: A Columbia civil rights activist, Simkins served as the South Carolina State Secretary for the NAACP, 1941 to 1957. She also had leadership roles in the renovation of Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital and the Richland County Citizens Committee.
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Modjeska Monteith Simkins Papers, 1909-1992: Activist Modjeska Simkins of Columbia, S.C. served as the South Carolina State Secretary for the NAACP, 1941-1957; as Campaign Director for the renovation of Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital, 1944-1950; as Public Relations Director for the Richland County Citizens Committee, 1956-1988; and as President of the Southern Conference Educational Fund, 1972-1974.
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Mollie Huston Lee Collection: Selections from the collections of Wake County, North Carolina's first African American librarian, Mollie Huston Lee.
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Moncrief photograph collection: Collection home »Compact list of all items » Search this collection's 477 items »
Montgomery, 1955 : Rosa Parks, MLK, and the Boycott That Changed the South: Online exhibit on the Montgomery bus boycott featuring photographs and other documents.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott: The Story of Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement: Short film, biographies, timeline, and newspaper articles about the Montgomery bus boycott.
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Music and Civil Rights: Interviews discussing the importance of musicians and the music industry to the struggle for civil rights.
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Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights: Oral histories, records, and black-and-white photographs related to the Civil Rights movement in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Natchitoches-Cane River Oral History Collection: Oral histories with Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana residents on segregation and racial relations in the area.
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NCpedia: Encyclopedia articles on North Carolina's civil rights leaders, court cases, and events.
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Negro motorist green book, 1949: The Negro Motorist Green Book series was published by Victor H. Green as a resource for African American travelers; the information provided in the travel guide enabled African Americans to find safe and welcoming dining and lodging accommodations during the days of segregation.
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Negro travelers' green book, Spring 1956: The Negro Travelers' Green Book series was published by Victor H. Green as a resource for African American travelers; the information provided in the travel guide enabled African Americans to find safe and welcoming dining and lodging accommodations during the days of segregation.
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Nelson Malden Civil Rights Era Photograph Collection: Photographs from Montgomery barber Nelson Malden of Montgomery, Alabama civil rights activities during the early 1960s
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New Georgia Encyclopedia: Encyclopedia articles related to the history and culture of Georgia.
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Newspapers: Newspapers and newspaper clippings dating from 1969 related to the history of the Fulton County School System.
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Oh Freedom Over Me: Radio documentary on Freedom Summer.
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Online Nevada Encyclopedia: Online encyclopedia on the history and culture of the state of Nevada.
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Opper Project: Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach History: Lesson plans based around the use of editorial cartoons to teach U.S. history
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Oral Histories: Interviews with Sam H. Bowers, Jr.: Oral history interviews conducted in 1983 and 1984 with Sam Bowers, Mississippi-based segregationist.
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Oral histories of the American South (Georgia selections): Georgia-related oral histories from the Southern Oral History Program.
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Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement: Civil rights related oral histories from the collections of the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina.
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Oral memoirs of Augusta's citizens : Augusta Richmond County Public Library: Oral histories of Augusta, Georgia residents.
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Oregon Multicultural Archives: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Oscar Clark Carr, Jr. Papers: Document from the collection of Oscar Clark Carr, Jr. describing the life and times of an anonymous plantation owner before and after the Civil War, giving him the pseudonym, Uncle Sam.
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Papers of Justice Tom C. Clark: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Cases of the U.S. Supreme Court: Dockets, drafts of opinions, notes, and conference memorandums for the U.S. Supreme Court desegregation cases Sweatt v. Painter, Brown v. Board of Education, Heart of Atlanta v. Georgia, and Katzenbach v. McClung.
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Piney Woods School Collection: Newsletters, fundraising materials, promotional and historical materials from the Piney Woods Country Life School (or Piney Woods School), located in Rankin County, Mississippi.
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Point of View: Web site companion to the documentary films produced by American Documentary, Inc. for the series, P.O.V.
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Powerful Days in Black and White: Twenty black-and-white photographs covering the Civil Rights Movement in the American South taken by Charles Moore during the years 1958-1965
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Presidential Recordings of Lyndon B. Johnson Digital Edition: Online edition of the transcriptions and corresponding audio files of the presidential recordings of United States president Lyndon B. Johnson, who served in office from 1963-1969.
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Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century Information: Dwight D. Eisenhower: Photographs and documents relating to the Little Rock School Integration Crisis from the collections of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library.
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Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching: Companion Web site to the book, Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching
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Radio Fights Jim Crow: Radio documentary on World War II-era radio programs which tried to mend the deep racial and ethnic divisions that threatened America.
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Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey: Companion Web site to the PBS program "Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey" that includes teacher's resources.
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Ralph J. Bunche Papers, 1927-1971: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Rare books collection: 1946 monograph by the Southern Conference on Human Welfare about a race-related incident in Columbia, Tennessee
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Rebels: James Meredith & the Integration of Ole Miss: Documentary film on James Meredith, the first African American student enrolled at the University of Mississippi
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Remembering Jim Crow: Radio documentary on Jim Crow.
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Rencher Nicholas Harris papers, 1851-1980 and undated, bulk 1926-1965: Papers of Durham, North Carolina civic leader Rencher Nicholas Harris, the first African American city councilman in Durham, and the first African American man to sit on the Durham County Board of Education; Harris' service to Durham spanned the period following the Brown school desegregation decision of 1954 and continued throughout the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
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Reporting Civil Rights: The site features the role of journalists in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine Papers ca. 1918-2000: Collection home »Compact list of all items » Search this collection's 375 items »
Road trip! through SC Civil Rights history (1940s - 1970s): Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Robert F. Kennedy Speech: Audio recording of 1966 speech by Robert F. Kennedy at the University of Mississippi
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Robert R. Church Family Papers: N.A.A.C.P. card and reprinting of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham City Jail from the family of Memphis African American businessman, Robert R. Church.
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Ronnie Moore Papers, 1959-2004: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Rosa Parks Papers: The Rosa Parks Papers digital collection contains items from the Manuscript Division and the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress that document many aspects of Parks's private life and public activism on behalf of civil rights for African Americans.
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Russell B. Sugarmon Collection: Documents related to judge and civil rights activist Russell B. Sugarmon.
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San Jose State University Special Collections Silicon Valley History Online collection: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Santa Clara University Archives Silicon Valley History Online collection: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Say It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches: Radio documentary on African American orators and their seminal speeches.
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Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project: Using photographs, oral histories, and teachers' resources, the Web site documents the Civil Rights movement in Seattle, Washington from the 1950s to the 1970s.
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Selma to Montgomery : A March for the Right to Vote : A Visual History by Spider Martin: Forty-six black-and-white photographs of the Selma to Montgomery march taken by Alabama native and photojournalist Spider Martin.
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Separate But Not Equal: Race, Education, and Prince Edward County, Virginia: Online exhibit featuring photographs and manuscript materials from the collection of Edward H. Peeples which document the history of the Prince Edward County, Virginia school segregation issues of the 1950s and 1960s.
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Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education: Online exhibit including instructional materials related to the cases that made up Brown v. Board of Education.
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Septima Poinsette Clark Scrapbook, 1919-1983: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Folders: The files of the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission, the state's official counter civil rights agency from 1956 to 1973.
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Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs: Photographs from the files of the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission, the state's official counter civil rights agency from 1956 to 1973.
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Sidna Brower Mitchell Photographs and Scrapbook: Photographs and a scrapbook belonging to Sidna Brower Mitchell, editor of The Mississippian, the University of Mississippi's student newspaper documenting the university's integration in 1962
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Silent Vigil (1968) and Allen Building Takeover (1969) Audio Recordings: In April 1968, following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., hundreds of Duke students gathered on Abele Quad, remaining in place for several days in a civil rights demonstration now known as the Silent Vigil. Ten months later, on February 13, 1969, students from Duke’s Afro-American Society occupied the Allen Building, home to Duke’s administration, calling for advances or changes in twelve areas related to African-American student life.
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Sit-ins & the Movement: Overview of the Greensboro Sit-ins including biographies and a timeline.
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Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing Collection: Newspaper clippings and photographs related to the 1963 bombing of Birmingham's Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and the subsequent investigation and trial
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SNCC 1960-1966 : Six Years of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee: Traces Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from its beginnings in the Greensboro-inspired sit-ins in February 1960 through 1966 when Stokely Carmichael took over leadership from John Lewis.
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Southern Courier: A Weekly Newspaper Covering Civil Rights in the South 1965-68: Archive of the Southern Courier.
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Southern school news: Southern School News is the official publication of the Southern Education Reporting Service, an objective, fact-finding agency established by southern newspaper editors and educators with the aim of providing accurate, unbiased information to school administrators, public officials and interested lay citizens on developments in education arising from the U.S. Supreme Court opinion of May 17, 1954 declaring segregation in the schools unconstitutional.
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State of Siege: Mississippi Whites and the Civil Rights Movement: Radio documentary on white resistance in Mississippi to the Civil Rights Movement.
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Stetson Kennedy Papers: Papers of folklorist, environmentalist, human rights advocate, and Klan infiltrator Stetson Kennedy.
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StoryCorps Audio Interviews: Audio interviews were conducted in November 2007 on the Rhodes College campus by StoryCorps as part of their Griot initiative
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 40th Anniversary Conference Videocassette Tapes 2000: Sixteen digital videocassette tapes documenting the 13 April 2000 conference, "We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest: Ella J. Baker ("Miss Baker") and the Birth of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee," held at Shaw University, in Raleigh, NC.
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Superintendents: Documents, correspondence and publications produced by the Fulton County Schools Superintendents' office between 1914 and 1969.
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Sweet Auburn Avenue : triumph of the spirit: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »

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Teaching with Historic Places: Information for teachers on using historic places in instruction.
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Television News of the Civil Rights Era, 1950-1970: Television news footage, oral histories, and instructional materials describing the Civil Rights movement in Virginia from the 1950s to 1970.
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Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture: Online encyclopedia treating the history and culture of Tennessee
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Theresa El-Amin Papers 1960s-2010: Papers of Theresa El-Amin, activist and union organizer who was involved with the Coalition of Labor Union Women, the Service Employees International Union, the Black Radical Congress, the Black Workers for Justice, Jobs with Justice, Solidarity, and the Durham NAACP.
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Thurgood Marshall Before the Court: Radio documentary tracing Thurgood Marshall's life as a lawyer and legislator.
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Tom Coffin Photographs: Photographs of the Georgia counterculture during the 1960s and 1970s.
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Topics in Wisconsin History: Articles related to selected topics in Wisconsin history.
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The Toughest Job: William Winter's Mississippi: From his early exposure to racial segregation as a child and solider in World War 2, to his long career in politics during the rise of the Civil Rights Movement, the story of William Winter is one of courage and leadership set during some of the most tumultuous times in American history.
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Tulsa Race Massacre Collection: 1,327 documents and images documenting the investigation into the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 and Tulsa during the early 1920s.
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Turning Points in Wisconsin History: hundreds of authentic documents, pictures, and artifacts from Wisconsin's past -- creation stories, archaeological relics, reports by explorers, pictures of fur trade goods, memoirs by Indian elders, diaries of pioneer teenagers, paintings by immigrant artists, speeches of famous Wisconsin men and women, photos of historic places, and more.
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United States v. Mississippi Interrogatory Answers: The United States v. Mississippi Interrogatory Answers Collection consists entirely of one large section (pages 387-1276) from the Record of Appeal in the case United States v. Mississippi (cited as United States v. Mississippi, 380, U.S. 128, 1965). This digital collection contains the answers by the United States government to interrogatories propounded by the state of Mississippi and other defendants.
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham Oral History Collection: Interviews (available as audio files), many of which were conducted in the 1970s and 1980s, that document the lives of political and civic leaders, civil rights in Alabama, ethnic history of Alabama, folk history of Alabama, labor history of Alabama, history of Alabama women, historic Alabama communities, Alabama refugee experiences, and history of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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University of Alabama Integration Photographs: Photographs of the 1963 integration of the University of Alabama
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Unsung Foot Soldiers : The Foot Soldier Project for Civil Rights Studies at the University of Georgia: Features significant, but less-well-known players in the Civil Rights movement, particularly those from Georgia.
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Valdosta State College Integration: Online exhibit summarizing the history of integration at Valdosta State College and at other Georgia educational institutions
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Vanishing Georgia: Historically significant photographs of people, places, and structures from Georgia's past from the Vanishing Georgia Collection at the Georgia Archives.
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Veterans of Hope Project: Web site of a social justice educational association that includes biographies, lesson plans, and interview excerpts of social reformers.
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Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection: Leaflets and newspapers that were distributed on the University of Washington campus during the decades of the 1960s and 1970s that reflect the social environment and political activities of the youth movement in Seattle during that period.
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Viola Liuzzo Collection: Photographs of Viola Liuzzo.
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Visual Resources Database: The selected black-and-white photographs feature demonstrations in St. Paul and Minneapolis in 1960 and 1968.
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Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006: Oral histories documenting the Civil Rights movement in Atlanta, Georgia and Saint Augustine, Florida.
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Voices of Civil Rights: Online exhibit mounted by the Library of Congress on the Civil Rights movement.
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Voices of Freedom: The Virginia Civil Rights Movement: Oral histories (each approximately 20-25 minutes long) of leaders of the Civil Rights movement in Virginia.
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Vulcan Museum Women's Suffrage Exhibit Collection: Interviews utilized in the Vulcan exhibit detailing the fight for women's suffrage in Birmingham
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W. W. Law Moving Image and Sound Collection: Content collected from 1954 to 2004 by W. W. Law, a prominent Civil Rights leader, local historian, historic preservationist and community leader in Savannah, Georgia including recordings of local news television and radio programs, concerts of local artists, interviews, oral histories, and more.
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W.W. Law Photograph Collection: Photographs dating between 1868 and 2002 collected by Savannah civil rights leader W.W. Law. and his mother Geneva.
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WALB Newsfilm: Selected raw footage from Albany, Georgia's NBC affiliate, WALB during the Albany Movement, 1961.
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Warren Wilson College Digital Collections: Interviews recorded in the 1970s with individuals involved in the Highlander Folk School.
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Wednesdays in Mississippi : Civil rights as women's work : Breaking down barriers and mobilizing women, an exhibit Website: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
White moderates, early steps towards desegregation, and the issue of class: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
Who Speaks for the Negro?: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
William A. Elwood Civil Rights Lawyers Project collection, 1984-1989: Collection home »Compact list of all items » View collection record »
William Gravely Oral History Collection on the Lynching of Willie Earle: The William Gravely Oral History Collection on the Lynching of Willie Earle consists of 41 oral history interviews and accompanying supplementary materials.
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William Stanford, Sr. Photographs, 1960: Black-and-white photographs from 1960 of African American college students protesting discriminatory practices at Rich's department store in Atlanta.
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Wisconsin Historical Images: The Wisconsin Historical Society presents a collection of Wisconsin historical images from the 19th and 20th centuries. The images include photographs, paintings, and posters. Users may search the images by keyword or by category. The categories include children, crime, ethnic groups, health, immigration and emigration, war, women, rites and ceremonies, and Indians of North America.
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With all deliberate speed : the legacy of Brown v. Board: Companion Web site for the television documentary that examines the Supreme Court school desegregation lawsuit and its legacy; the site provides background information about the Brown case, and about the documentary including press kit information and links to Web sites with Civil Rights related historical, education, and political participation materials.
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With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty: Online exhibit mounted by the Library of Congress documenting Brown v. the Board of Education.
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Women of the Ku Klux Klan Collection: Correspondence, published literature, and notes dating from 1919 to 1938 related to the Women of the Ku Klux Klan
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Working Lives Oral History Project: Oral histories about Birmingham, Alabama's African American working class prior to World War II.
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WRDW newsfilm collection, 1961-1976: Newsfilm clips from WRDW-TV in Augusta, Georgia dating from 1961 to 1976.
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WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection: Selected raw news footage of both Georgia and national civil rights events and leaders from Atlanta's WSB-TV station from 1956 to 1980.
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WSLS-TV Roanoake, Va., News Film Collection, 1951-1971: Television news footage and scripts read on-air by anchorpersons at WSLS-TV in Roanoke, Virginia from 1951 to 1971; content includes a significant amount of coverage of the Massive Resistance Movement and Civil Rights Movement in Virginia.
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Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute: Database of teacher support materials including learning modules and resource units on the Civil Rights movement.
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