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...
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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...
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