Integrated Easter Service Led by Billy Graham in Birmingham
Mar. 29, 1964 - Whites and Negroes in Birmingham, Ala., long estranged by racial discord, found common ground today in an Easter service...
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Nov 29, 2021
TV: NBC Special on Rev. Billy Graham
Nov. 29, 1961 - The Rev. Dr. Billy Graham, the world-traveling evangelist, will be the subject of a television portrait tonight on NBC....
Nov 5, 2021
Movies: "King of Kings" Criticized by New York Minister
Nov. 5, 1961 - The Rev. A. DeWitt Mallary Jr., vicar of St. Thomas Protestant Episcopal Chapel in New York City, took issue in his sermon...
Sep 12, 2021
Castro Goes after Church, Vatican Concerned
Sept. 12, 1961 - The Cuban Government launched a fresh attack against the Roman Catholic Church today. It accused priests and nuns of...
Sep 10, 2021
Billy Graham to Youth: Only Marry People of Faith
Sept. 10, 1961 - Reverend Billy Graham said today that the U.S. had more unhappy marriages now than ever. Only social pressures and...
Jul 27, 2021
Movie: "Francis of Assisi"
July 27, 1961 - Today's new film is "Francis of Assisi," a Twentieth Century-Fox biographical drama, with Bradford Dillman, Dolores Hart...
Jul 14, 2021
Pope John XXIII Speaks on World Affairs
July 14, 1961 - Pope John XXIII appealed in an encyclical today for aid to underdeveloped areas without the creation of a "new form of...
Jul 7, 2021
Prayer in New York Schools Held Legal
July 7, 1961 - The New York Court of Appeals ruled today that it was legal for public schools to open each day with the non-sectarian ...
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