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Sep 15, 2022

Clergymen Join Forces with Dr. King

Sept. 15, 1962 - Protestant and Jewish clergymen and Roman Catholic laymen began forming “nonviolent army” units last week for a ready...

Sep 13, 2022

Sept. 13, 1962 - JFK on Church Burnings in Georgia

Sept. 13, 1962 - At today's press conference, President Kennedy strongly denounced the burning of two Negro churches in Georgia last...

Sep 13, 2022

Sept. 12, 1962 - MLK in NYC

Sept. 13, 1962 - In New York City last night, Dr. Martin Luther King spoke at a dinner marking the 100th anniversary of the signing of...

Sep 13, 2022

President Decries Church Burnings in Georgia

Sept. 13, 1962 - The burning of churches in Georgia, apparently to discourage voter-registration rallies, provoked President Kennedy...

Sep 12, 2022

Rocky Praises Dr. King at New York Dinner

Sept. 12, 1962 - At a dinner in New York marking the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, Governor Nelson...

Sep 12, 2022

Dr. King Decries Slow Pace of Civil Rights Progress

Sept. 12, 1962 - Dr. Martin Luther King (pictured with Cardinal Spellman and Governor Rockefeller) decried tonight the pace of civil...

Sep 9, 2022

Georgia Sheriff Denies Arson Angle in Church Burnings

Sept. 9, 1962 - Sheriff Z.T. Mathews of Terrell County, Ga., where two Negro churches were destroyed by fire this morning, said that...

Sep 9, 2022

Two Negro Churches Burn in Georgia, Arson Suspected

Sept. 9, 1962 - Two Negro churches in Georgia, one of them the scene of weekly voter registration rallies, were destroyed by fire early...

Sep 8, 2022

RFK Hails Peaceful Desegregation

Sept. 8, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy hailed today the peaceful desegregation of many Southern schools this week. He spoke...

Aug 28, 2022

Justice Department Moves on Negro Voting Rights

Aug. 28, 1962 - The Justice Department started a broad legal effort today to open the voting rolls in Mississippi to Negroes. A suit...

Aug 25, 2022

More Southern Schools to Integrate

Aug. 25, 1962 - Public schools in Chattanooga, Tenn., Pensacola, Fla., and several other Southern communities, along with parochial...

Aug 19, 2022

Dr. King Affirms Power of “Freedom Songs”

Aug. 19, 1962 - Negro folk music, which has been singing of a promised land since the days of slavery, has become a vital force in the...

Aug 15, 2022

Negro Church in Georgia Destroyed by Fire, Arson Suspected

Aug. 15, 1962 - A Negro church in Leesburg, Ga., that served as the center for a voter registration campaign was destroyed by fire before...

Aug 14, 2022

Dr. King Announces School Desegregation Efforts

Aug. 14, 1962 - The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said today that efforts would be made next month to desegregate junior and senior...

Aug 11, 2022

Albany, Georgia Shuts Facilities Rather Than Integrate

Aug. 11, 1962 - The city of Albany, Ga., shut down its three public parks and two public libraries today after small groups of Negroes...

Aug 10, 2022

Dr. King Freed from Jail

Aug. 10, 1962 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was freed from jail today in Albany, Ga., after having served two weeks, and Negro leaders...

Aug 5, 2022

Dr. King’s Children Visit Him in Jail

Aug. 5, 1962 - In Albany, Ga., today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. received a visit in jail from his three small children (pictured earlier...

Aug 1, 2022

President Finds Racial Attitudes of Albany, Ga. Officials “Wholly Inexplicable”

Aug. 1, 1962 - President Kennedy said today he could not understand why city officials in Albany, Ga., could not sit down with Negro...

Jul 31, 2022

Albany Police Chief Wants Martin Luther King Gone from City

July 31, 1962 - Police Chief Laurie Pritchett (left) of Albany, Ga., testified today that the presence of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....

Jul 29, 2022

Negro Osteopath Subsitutes for Jailed Dr. King on “Meet the Press”

July 29, 1962 - William G. Anderson (right), a Negro osteopath who was released on bond from jail in Albany, Ga., Saturday, declared...