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Apr 11, 2023

Demonstrations Continue in Birmingham

Apr. 11, 1963 - In Birmingham, Alabama today, Negroes defied a County Court injunction and continued demonstrations against segregation....

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...