Race Problem Seen in Los Angeles
May 24, 1963 - Los Angeles has a racial problem potentially as dangerous as the South’s, the Reverend Wyatt T. Walker (pictured center...
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May 23, 2023
New Mayor Installed in Birmingham
May 23, 1963 - The Alabama State Supreme Court unanimously upheld today the claim to office of a new city government pledged to resolve...
May 22, 2023
Birmingham Students Reinstated
May 22, 1963 - A Federal court tonight ordered education officials in Birmingham, Alabama to reinstate 1,100 Negro students who had been...
May 21, 2023
Integration Showdown at University of Alabama
May 21, 1963 - Federal District Judge Hobart H. Grooms told the University of Alabama today that it must admit two Negroes June 10....
May 20, 2023
Anti-Segregation Demonstrations in Greensboro, N.C.
May 20, 1963 - An estimated total of 420 more Negro demonstrators have been arrested and jailed in Greensboro, N.C., in the sixth day of...
May 20, 2023
Negro Student Demonstrators Expelled or Suspended in Birmingham
May 20, 1963 - The Board of Education of Birmingham, Alabama today ordered the expulsion or suspension of some 1,100 Negro students who...
May 20, 2023
Mahalia Jackson Raises Funds for Civil Rights Drive
May 20, 1963 - Mahalia Jackson, the Gospel singer, hopes to raise $40,000 next Monday for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and his...
May 17, 2023
Muslim Students in Elizabeth, N.J. Suspended for Refusing to Salute Flag
May 17, 1963 - Five Negro pupils, described as followers of “Islamic teachings,” have been suspended from a public school in Elizabeth,...
May 16, 2023
Malcolm X Criticizes President Kennedy on Race Issue
May 16, 1963 - Malcolm X (pictured) attacked President Kennedy today for the manner in which he has dealt with the Birmingham crisis and...
May 15, 2023
Violence in Harlem after anti-Segregation Rally
May 15, 1963 - A television newsman was beaten and 11 store windows were broken in the aftermath of an anti-segregation rally last night...
May 14, 2023
President and Attorney General Meet with Alabama Newspaper Editors
May 14, 1963 - President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy suggested to Alabama editors today that failure of the...
May 14, 2023
Jackie Robinson Charges Assassination Plan against MLK and Others
May 14, 1963 - Jackie Robinson (far right), the former baseball star, charged last night that plans were being formulated in Birmingham,...
May 13, 2023
President Kennedy Sends Telegram to Governor Wallace
May 13, 1963 - President Kennedy (pictured after last night’s televised statement) said today that any further disposition of Federal...
May 13, 2023
MLK Conducts Pool Hall Pilgrimage in Birmingham
May 13, 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. conducted a pool-hall pilgrimage today to keep the Negro population in Birmingham, Alabama calm...
May 13, 2023
U.S. Army Troops Move Into Alabama
May 13, 1963 - The Army has moved about 3,000 infantrymen, paratroopers, military policemen, and other troops into Alabama. The Pentagon...
May 12, 2023
Wallace to JFK: We Can Handle Situation in Birmingham
May 12, 1963 - Alabama Governor George C. Wallace told President Kennedy tonight that “we have sufficient state and local forces” to...
May 12, 2023
🚨President Kennedy Activates Federal Troops in Alabama
🚨May 12, 1963 - President Kennedy tonight dispatched Federal troops to bases near Birmingham, Ala., for use if racial violence breaks...
May 12, 2023
MLK: No Protests over Bombings Planned
May 12, 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King flew to Birmingham, Ala., from Atlanta and announced that Negroes planned no protest demonstrations...
May 12, 2023
Birmingham Mayor: “Arrest and Punish All Agitators”
May 12, 1963 - Albert Boutwell, Birmingham’s Mayor-elect, whose authority has been challenged in the courts by the current three-member...
May 12, 2023
🚨Riots in Birmingham Follow Bombings of Negro Motel and Home of MLK’s Brother
May 12, 1963 - The bombings of a Negro motel and an integration leader’s home (pictured top) touched off widespread rioting on the edge...
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