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Civil rights archive opens to the public

The archive of theSouthern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) opened to researchers and the public at Emory University’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library(MARBL) on May 1.

The collection of 918 boxes primarily covers the SCLC’s activities and business from 1968 to 2007 and includes administrative files with correspondence, reports, memos, notebooks and meeting minutes, as well as photographs, flyers, and audio and video recordings.

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