Made possible by generous support from AARP, the exhibition celebrates the donation of these materials to the Library of Congress and links them to key collections in the Library. "We are delighted to present selections from these firsthand accounts of the struggle for civil rights during the 20th century," said Librarian of Congress James H. Billington. "This material will complement our extensive collection of civil rights material and add to our ever-growing collection of oral histories, which provide unique insights into different facets of the American experience." The Voices of Civil Rights project was launched last year to create the world’s largest permanent repository of firsthand accounts of the civil rights movement. The AARP and LCCR collected this material from people from diverse backgrounds. Taken as a whole, their stories make up a broad mosaic of the quest for freedom and equality in America.
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