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Oct 8, 2022

Ike Hits Kennedy, Backs Nixon for Governor

Oct. 8, 1962 - General Dwight D. Eisenhower accused President Kennedy today of seeking “one-party government” in his demands for more...

Oct 8, 2022

California Congressman Dead in Plane Crash

Oct. 8, 1962 - The dead body of Congressman Clem Miller (pictured fourth from right) was found today in the wreckage of a light plane...

Oct 4, 2022

Kennedy: Would Have Taken Years to Recover if Meredith Had Been Killed or Injured

Oct. 4, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that it would have taken the U.S. and Mississippi years to recover if James H. Meredith had...

Oct 4, 2022

Ole Miss Football Game Transferred to Jackson for Fear of More Rioting

Oct. 4, 1962 - Fears of further violence over a Negro’s admission to the University of Mississippi led Federal officials today to...

Oct 1, 2022

Goldberg Sworn In as Supreme Court Justice

Oct. 1, 1962 - President Kennedy watched the Supreme Court open its new term today in an atmosphere made somber by events in Mississippi....

Oct 1, 2022

President Kennedy Expresses Dismay Over Death of French Newsman

Oct. 1, 1962 - President Kennedy told Agence France Presse today that he wanted to “express the dismay of the American people” over the...

Sep 30, 2022

Kennedy Delivers Televised Address on Mississippi Crisis

Sept. 30, 1962 - President Kennedy appealed tonight to the students at the University of Mississippi and the people of Mississippi to...

Sep 30, 2022

Sept. 30, 1962 - JFK Report to the Nation on Situation at University of Mississippi

Here is President Kennedy's report on the situation at the University of Mississippi. #jfk #civilrights #mississippi #olemiss

Sep 30, 2022

President Kennedy Meets with British Foreign Secretary

Sept. 30, 1962 - President Kennedy and the Earl of Home, the British Foreign Secretary, discussed at the White House today ways of...

Sep 30, 2022

🚨JFK Calls Mississippi National Guard Into Service

Sept. 30, 1962 - At midnight last night, President Kennedy committed the full weight of the Federal Government to end Mississippi’s...

Sep 29, 2022

Hundreds of Troops Ordered to Mississippi

Sept. 29, 1962 - Hundreds of U.S. Army troops and about 500 U.S marshals are in the huge Memphis Naval Air station tonight. The...

Sep 27, 2022

Alabama Governor Calls JFK “Dictator”

Sept. 27, 1962 - Alabama Governor John Patterson (pictured) told President Kennedy today that if Federal troops or marshals were sent to...

Sep 26, 2022

Tensions Mount in Mississippi

Sept. 26, 1962 - Chief U.S. Marshal James P. McShane (third from right) and Mississippi Lieut. Gov. Paul B. Johnson (with fedora)...

Sep 25, 2022

Federal Troops Likely in Mississippi

Sept. 25, 1962 - The Federal Government is prepared to send troops into Mississippi to enforce Federal court orders to admit a Negro,...

Sep 25, 2022

Sept. 25, 1962 - JFK Remarks at Swearing-In of Willard Wirtz as Sec. of Labor

Sept. 25, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks today at the swearing-in ceremony for W. Willard Wirtz as Secretary of Labor held...

Sep 25, 2022

Sept. 25, 1962 - JFK Remarks on Bunker Hill Painting

Sept. 25, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks today upon receiving a painting of the Battle of Bunker Hill by Ken Riley entitled...

Sep 25, 2022

Jackie Robinson Criticizes Northern Negroes

Sept. 25, 1962 - Jackie Robinson (pictured examining a burned church in Sasser, Ga. earlier this month) criticized Northern Negroes today...

Sep 24, 2022

Sept. 24, 1962 - JFK Welcomes President of Pakistan

Sept. 24, 1962 - Here is President Kennedy’s welcome address to President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan at Quonset Point Naval Air ...

Sep 24, 2022

First Lady Helps Celebrate Opening of Philharmonic Hall

Sept. 24, 1962 - A new epoch in New York’s concert life began last night with the opening of Philharmonic Hall, the first unit of the...

Sep 21, 2022

Sept. 21, 1962 - JFK Phone Remarks to Democrats in Ohio

Sept. 21, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy's telephoned remarks to the Ohio State Democratic Convention banquet held at Veterans...