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Apr 15, 2023

New Birmingham Mayor, Albert Boutwell, Sworn in

Apr. 15, 1963 - In Birmingham, Alabama today, Mayor Albert Boutwell and the new City Council were sworn in. They pledged to give...

Apr 14, 2023

Violence Erupts in Birmingham

Apr. 14, 1963 - Negroes protesting the arrest of leaders of an attempted march in Birmingham, Alabama hurled rocks at policemen today....

Apr 13, 2023

Belafonte Asks JFK and RFK for Help in Birmingham

Apr. 13, 1963 - President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy were urged in telegrams today to act immediately “to end the...

Apr 13, 2023

With Dr. King Jailed, Birmingham Negroes Continue Demonstrations

Apr. 13, 1963 - Negroes continued to demonstrate against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama today despite the jailing yesterday of...

Apr 12, 2023

Dr. King Arrested in Birmingham

Apr. 12, 1963 - The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham, Alabama this afternoon when he defied a court injunction...

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 30, 2023

Federal Government Calls for Release of Negro Prisoners in Mississippi

Mar. 30, 1963 - The Federal Government stepped into a simmering civil rights controversy in Greenwood, Miss., today and sought a court...

Mar 29, 2023

Mississippi Voter Registration Leaders Draw Maximum Sentences

Mar. 29, 1963 - Two leaders and six staff members of a Negro voter registration drive in Greenwood, Miss., drew maximum sentences today...

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 27, 2023

Mississippi Police Break Up Negro Demonstration

Mar. 27, 1963 - Policemen armed with shotguns and a police dog today broke up a Negro demonstration in Greenwood, Miss., staged to...

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 23, 2023

Rep. Adam Clayton Powell: Boycott NAACP

Mar. 23, 1963 - Representative Adam Clayton Powell, Harlem Democrat, today called for a Negro boycott of the NAACP on the grounds the...