The DLG connects users to content from 65 libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and other institutions, as well as 100 agencies of state government.
Housed at the University of Georgia Libraries, in Athens, the DLG has a production center for digitizing documents, photographs, microfilm, and other media.
The DLG website also acts as a portal service, connecting users to related digital collections hosted by partner institutions.
The CRDL features: 1) a digital archive of historical news footage depicting key events of the movement, 2) Web-based learning objects to provide curricular support and historical context, and 3) a civil rights Web portal connecting users to related digital collections on a national scale.
CRDL also provides background information for past events on the timeline, as well as, archival collections, reference, and educator resources.