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Jul 6, 2023

July 6, 1963 | (VIDEO) Martin Luther King Press Conference

July 6, 1963 - Martin Luther King Jr. was interviewed last night by four journalists for “Press Conference U.S.A.,” a U.S. Information...

Jul 5, 2023

Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ In the Wind” a Breakout Hit

July 5, 1963 - The racial crisis in the South has become a theme of major importance for folk singers of the North. A concert this...

Jul 1, 2023

RFK Pushes Administration’s Civil Rights Bill

July 1, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy asked the Senate today to pass a strong public accommodations bill in order to root out...

Jun 23, 2023

MLK Speaks in Detroit

June 23, 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King tonight told a cheering throng of Negro demonstrators the American Negro wants freedom “here and...

Jun 22, 2023

President Kennedy Meets with Negro Leaders

June 22, 1963 - Negro leaders told President Kennedy today that massive demonstrations would continue until the civil rights problem was...

Jun 9, 2023

June 9, 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King on "Open End" with David Susskind

June 9, 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King was the featured guest today on David Susskind's interview program, "Open End," on New York's...

Jun 9, 2023

President Kennedy Speaks on Race Relations at Mayors Conference in Honolulu

June 9, 1963 - President Kennedy told the National Conference of Mayors in Honolulu today that in “a moment of moral and constitutional...

Jun 9, 2023

Dr. King Hits Kennedy on Civil Rights

June 9, 1963 - The civil rights approach of the Kennedy Administration as compared with that of the Eisenhower Administration has merely...

Jun 5, 2023

Malcolm X Assails Non-Violent Policy of Martin Luther King

June 5, 1963 - Malcolm X, the Eastern leader of the Black Muslim movement, charged last night that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s...

Jun 1, 2023

Roy Wilkins Arrested in Mississippi

June 1, 1963 - Roy Wilkins (center), 61, executive secretary of the NAACP, was arrested in Jackson, Miss. today for picketing the F.W....

Jun 1, 2023

Wallace Still Defies Federal Court Injunction

June 1, 1963 - Governor George Wallace said today that not even a Federal Court injunction would deter him from attempting to block...

May 31, 2023

600 Negro Children Arrested in Jackson

May 31, 1963 - About 600 Negro children, some of them of grade school age, were arrested in Jackson, Mississippi tonight and hauled to...

May 31, 2023

Former Policeman Guilty of Assault at Jackson Sit-In

May 31, 1963 - A former police officer in Jackson, Mississippi was sentenced to 30 days in jail and was fined $100 in the Mississippi...

May 30, 2023

Tear Gas Used to Disperse Negro Demonstrators in Tallahassee

May 30, 1963 - Policemen used tear gas tonight to disperse about 150 Negro youths marching through Tallahassee, Fla., and shouting...

May 30, 2023

Vice President Johnson Speaks at Gettysburg

May 30, 1963 - Vice President Johnson declared today that whites and Negroes must work together “to lead the way through this moment of...

May 29, 2023

19 Integrationists Arrested in Jackson

May 29, 1963 - Nineteen integrationists were arrested in Jackson, Mississippi today in a series of demonstrations in front of downtown...

May 29, 2023

Medgar Evers Criticizes Jackson Mayor

May 29, 1963 - Medgar Evers (pictured), head of the NAACP chapter in Jackson, Mississippi, was sharply critical of Mayor Allen Thompson...

May 28, 2023

Two Negroes and White Professor Assaulted in Jackson, Miss.

May 28, 1963 - Two Negroes and a white college professor were assaulted today in a sit-in demonstration that marked the start of a drive...

May 27, 2023

Governor Wallace Eludes U.S. Marshals

May 27, 1963 - A heavily guarded Governor George Wallace eluded U.S. marshals today, and legal papers formally notifying the Alabama...

May 25, 2023

RFK Reportedly Has Heated Discussion with Prominent Negroes

May 25, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy is reported to have had a heated discussion with a group of prominent Negroes yesterday...