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May 11, 2023

Black Muslim Trial in Los Angeles Coming to Close

May 11, 1963 - The state of California has completed a 9-day presentation of its case against 14 Black Muslims indicted for participating...

May 10, 2023

Malcolm X Denounces Use of Children in Birmingham Demonstrations

May 10, 1963 - Malcolm X, national spokesman of the Black Muslim movement, denounced today the use of Negro children in the Birmingham...

May 10, 2023

Justice Department Hails Birmingham Settlement

May 10, 1963 - Justice Department officials hailed the settlement of the Birmingham racial dispute as “a tremendous step forward for...

May 9, 2023

Full Agreement Reached in Birmingham

May 9, 1963 - In Birmingham, Alabama tonight, negotiators reached full agreement on terms for settling that city’s racial crisis after...

May 9, 2023

Malcolm X To Lead Black Muslim Movement in D.C.

May 9, 1963 - Malcolm X arrived in Washington, D.C., today to take over leadership of the Black Muslim movement in the capital, where...

May 9, 2023

Militant Segregationists Decry Birmingham Agreement as “Sellout”

May 9, 1963 - White business and civic leaders who have been negotiating with Negro leaders in Birmingham, Alabama to resolve racial...

May 8, 2023

Tentative Agreement Reached in Birmingham

May 8, 1963 - White and Negro negotiators reached a tentative agreement today on most major issues in the racial crisis in Birmingham,...

May 8, 2023

“Project Friendship” Continues in Knoxville, Promotes Racial Healing

May 8, 1963 - The Project Friendship experiment in Knoxville, Tenn., has turned out “very well,” one of its leaders reported today. Dr....

May 8, 2023

President Kennedy Sees Possible Settlement in Birmingham

May 8, 1963 - President Kennedy said today that business leaders in Birmingham, Ala., had pledged “substantial steps” to begin to meet...

May 7, 2023

Jackie Robinson To Lead Birmingham Demonstrations

May 7, 1963 - Former Brooklyn Dodger baseball star Jackie Robinson (left with Floyd Patterson) said today he will lead anti-segregation...

May 7, 2023

Fire Hoses Employed at Birmingham Riot

May 7, 1963 - Police and firemen in Birmingham, Alabama, under the direction of Commissioner Eugene (Bull) Connor (pictured), drove...

May 7, 2023

Birmingham City Jail Full to Overflowing

May 7, 1963 - Birmingham’s city jail was so jammed with Negro demonstrators today it took more than four hours to serve breakfast — grits...

May 6, 2023

1,000 Negroes Arrested in Birmingham

May 6, 1963 - About 1,000 Negroes were arrested today in Birmingham, Ala., as wave after wave of marchers chanted challenges to...

May 5, 2023

MLK Delivers Sermon in Atlanta: “The Power Structure of Birmingham is Disturbed”

May 5, 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said today that Negro demonstrations in Birmingham had dramatized to the world the racial...

May 5, 2023

RFK Sends Burke Marshall to Birmingham

May 5, 1963 - The Justice Department sent two high officials to Birmingham, Alabama today in an attempt to bring about a truce in the...

May 5, 2023

Gov. Wallace: Birmingham Protests Instigated by “Left Wing Groups”

May 5, 1963 - Governor George Wallace of Alabama said today that most residents of Birmingham were “fed up” with racial demonstrations....

May 4, 2023

May 4, 1963 - JFK Tape-Recorded Remarks on Civil Rights

May 4, 1963 - At a White House meeting today, President Kennedy described the situation for Negroes in Birmingham as "intolerable." As ...

May 4, 2023

RFK Speaks Out on Birmingham

May 4, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy warned last night that refusal to grant equal rights to Negroes in Birmingham, Alabama...

May 3, 2023

🚨“Freedom Walkers” Arrested by Patrolmen Wielding Electric Prod Poles

May 3, 1963 - Alabama highway patrolmen wielding electrical prod poles arrested 10 “freedom walkers” today. A crowd of 1,500 whites...

May 3, 2023

New Mayor of Birmingham Praises Law Enforcement

May 3, 1963 - Albert Boutwell (left with Governor George Wallace), the newly elected mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, praised the white...