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Mar 9, 2023

RFK to Labor: Eliminate Race Discrimination

Mar. 9, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy appealed to organized labor today to strike race discrimination from its ranks — “and...

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...

Feb 28, 2023

Powerful Negro Politician Brutally Murdered

Feb. 28, 1963 - Alderman Benjamin F. Lewis, one of the most powerful Negro politicians in Chicago, was discovered brutally murdered in...

Feb 28, 2023

President Delivers Sweeping Civil Rights Message

Feb. 28, 1963 - President Kennedy, in a sweeping civil rights message, called today for new measures to protect Negro rights in voting,...

Feb 27, 2023

Black Muslims Hold Annual Convention in Chicago

Feb. 27, 1963 - The Black Muslims are stepping up their longtime campaign for separation of the races in this country. The most outspoken...

Feb 26, 2023

GOP Congressmen Hit Democrat Powell

Feb. 26, 1963 - Republicans challenged House Democrats today to discipline their colleague from Harlem, Rep. Adam Clayton Powell...

Feb 15, 2023

Attorney General Remarks on Peaceful Enrollment of Negro at Clemson

Feb. 15, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said today the enrollment of Harvey Gantt (pictured) without incident at Clemson...

Feb 9, 2023

Warrant Issued for Wealthy Killer of Negro Barmaid

Feb. 9, 1963 - A statewide alarm was broadcast today for the arrest of a socially prominent Southern Maryland tobacco farmer charged with...

Jan 30, 2023

Negro Helps Direct “The Greatest Story Ever Told,” First of His Race

Jan. 30, 1963 - Now that Wendell Franklin has been working a few months as second assistant director of “The Greatest Story Ever Told,”...

Jan 30, 2023

Meredith To Return to Ole Miss

Jan. 30, 1963 - James Meredith (pictured) said today he would return to the University of Mississippi for the spring semester. The...

Jan 29, 2023

Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett Frees Dying Negro Prisoner Many Say Was Framed

Jan. 29, 1963 - Governor Ross Barnett freed from prison today a Negro who once attempted to enter the all-white University of Southern...

Jan 28, 2023

Leontyne Price Performs for Integrated Audience in Mississippi Hometown

Jan. 28, 1963 - Leontyne Price (pictured) sang before an applauding integrated audience in her Mississippi hometown last night to raise...

Jan 28, 2023

First Negro Enrolls at Clemson College in South Carolina

Jan. 28, 1963 - Desegregation came without incident today to South Carolina’s educational system as Clemson College enrolled its first...

Jan 24, 2023

White Student at Ole Miss Attacked for Befriending Meredith, Will Not Return

Jan. 24, 1963 - A white University of Mississippi student who befriended James Meredith, a Negro student, said today that someone poured...

Jan 24, 2023

JFK Hopes Meredith Will Stay at Ole Miss

Jan. 24, 1963 - President Kennedy said today he would be sorry if James Meredith (pictured last year), a Negro student, decided to leave...

Jan 22, 2023

James Meredith Departs Ole Miss Campus, Future Undecided

Jan. 22, 1963 - Negro James Meredith packed up his bags and departed from the University of Mississippi campus today after concluding his...

Jan 21, 2023

Robert Kennedy Speaks Out on James Meredith

Jan. 21, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (left) said today that even if James Meredith (right) left the University of...

Jan 16, 2023

Clemson College Admits Harvey Gantt, First Negro

Jan. 16, 1963 - Clemson College of South Carolina was ordered today to admit a Negro student — the first at Clemson or any white school...