Demonstrations Continue in Birmingham
Apr. 11, 1963 - In Birmingham, Alabama today, Negroes defied a County Court injunction and continued demonstrations against segregation....
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Apr 9, 2023
Singer Al Hibbler Arrested at Birmingham Demonstration
Apr. 9, 1963 - Al Hibbler (far left), the Mississippi-born blind Negro singer, was arrested today after joining Negro-led demonstrations...
Apr 9, 2023
Four Senators Decline Race Discussion with Marlon Brando
Apr. 9, 1963 - Four U.S. Senators from the South declined to enter a television discussion with actor Marlon Brando on the subject of...
Apr 7, 2023
Prayer March in Birmingham Develops Into Violence
Apr. 7, 1963 - An attempted peaceful prayer march on City Hall in Birmingham, Alabama developed into violence this afternoon. When police...
Apr 6, 2023
“Bull” Connor Presides Over 32 Arrests in Birmingham Demonstrations
Apr. 6, 1963 - Thirty-two Negro marchers were arrested today in Birmingham, Ala., as they knelt to pray for Police Commissioner Eugene...
Apr 5, 2023
Anti-Segregation Campaign Continues in Birmingham
Apr. 5, 1963 - Ten more Negroes were arrested today when they sought service at lunch counters in two downtown drugstores in Birmingham,...
Apr 4, 2023
Negro Leaders Promise Intensified Integration Campaign in Birmingham
Apr. 4, 1963 - In Birmingham, Alabama, an attack by the city’s Negro community on racial segregation there continued today. Negro leaders...
Apr 3, 2023
Demonstrators Arrested in Greenwood, Mississippi
Apr. 3, 1963 - In Greenwood, Mississippi today, police broke up a voter registration march led by comedian Dick Gregory and arrested all...
Apr 2, 2023
Dick Gregory Manhandled in Mississippi
Apr. 2, 1963 - In Greenwood, Mississippi today, a policeman twisted the left arm of comedian Dick Gregory and hustled him across the...
Mar 28, 2023
Mississippi Police Use Dogs on Negroes Trying to Register
Mar. 28, 1963 - In Greenwood, Mississippi today, policemen set a snarling dog at the heels of 42 Negroes as they marched homeward after...
Mar 25, 2023
SNCC Office Set Afire in Mississippi
Mar. 25, 1963 - Fire damaged the Greenwood, Mississippi office of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee late last night. A...
Mar 6, 2023
Former General Walker Calls Ole Miss Riot “Most Amusing”
Mar. 6, 1963 - Former Major General Edwin A. Walker (pictured right) said today the integration riots at the University of Mississippi...
Mar 6, 2023
JFK Tangles With Rockefeller on Civil Rights
Mar. 6, 1963 - A charge by Governor Rockefeller that President Kennedy had appointed “segregationist” judges in the South was rejected by...
Mar 1, 2023
Civil Rights Worker Shot in Mississippi
Mar. 1, 1963 - The shooting of a 20-year-old civil rights worker sparked a vow by the South’s integration leaders today to sign up every...
Dec 16, 2022
James Meredith Arrested on Traffic Charge, Alleges Mistreatment by Police
Dec. 16, 1962 - James Meredith (pictured), the first Negro to be admitted to the University of Mississippi this October, was arrested on...
Dec 14, 2022
Bomb Damages Negro Church in Birmingham, Ala.
Dec. 14, 1962 - A powerful bomb was hurled at a Negro church in Birmingham, Ala., tonight, causing heavy damage to the structure and...
Dec 11, 2022
Exclusive Cosmos Club Admits First Negro
Dec. 11, 1962 - The exclusive Cosmos Club, embroiled earlier this year in a racial discrimination controversy that reached the White...
Dec 3, 2022
James Meredith Sees More Challenges Ahead
Dec. 3, 1962 - James Meredith (pictured), the first Negro to attend the University of Mississippi, believes that his attendance at the...
Nov 25, 2022
Thurgood Marshall Speaks in Harlem
Nov. 25, 1962 - Federal Judge Thurgood Marshall (pictured) stepped from the bench to the pulpit today and urged his Harlem neighbors to...
Nov 25, 2022
Malcolm X Speaks in Oakland
Nov. 25, 1962 - The diversity of viewpoints of American Negro leadership was demonstrated in Oakland, Calif., last night at a meeting...
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