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Jan 14, 2023

Defiant Alabama Governor George Wallace Declares “Segregation Forever” at Inaugural

Jan. 14, 1963 - With a battle cry of “segregation forever,” incoming Alabama Governor George Wallace told the nation’s leaders today that...

Jan 13, 2023

Texas Senator John Tower Advocates Desegregation

Jan. 13, 1963 - Senator John Tower (pictured with Vice President Johnson), Republican of Texas, said today the South had not provided...

Jan 11, 2023

Unruly Student Suspended at Ole Miss

Jan. 11, 1963 - University of Mississippi officials suspended a student tonight who had been picked up by university police last night...

Jan 7, 2023

James Meredith Doubts He Will Continue at Ole Miss

Jan. 7, 1963 - James Meredith (pictured with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy) said today he would not attend the University of...

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 13, 2022

Alabama’s Governor-Elect calls RFK “Sapling Caesar”

Dec. 13, 1962 - Alabama Governor-elect George C. Wallace (pictured) today called Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy a “sapling Caesar”...

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...

Nov 23, 2022

Alabama Prepares for University Desegregation

Nov. 23, 1962 - The prospective admission of a Negro to the University of Alabama has brought one of the South’s most extensive efforts...

Nov 20, 2022

Nov. 20, 1962 - JFK Announces Executive Order on Discrimination in Federal Housing

Nov. 20, 1962 - President Kennedy today announced an executive order prohibiting racial and religious discrimination in housing built or...

Nov 20, 2022

MLK on Federal Housing Bill: “Constitutionally Sound, Morally Right”

Nov. 20, 1962 - Negro and Northern spokesmen said today that President Kennedy’s order barring discrimination in Federally aided housing...

Nov 20, 2022

Ole Miss Student Harassed After Eating with Meredith, Leaves Campus

Nov. 20, 1962 - A University of Mississippi freshman who ate with James H. Meredith (pictured right) last Thursday has left the campus....

Nov 18, 2022

MLK: FBI Sides with Segregationists

Nov. 18, 1962 - The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King charged today that FBI agents in Albany, Ga., side with the segregationists. For that...

Nov 10, 2022

Destroyed Negro Churches in Georgia Being Rebuilt

Nov. 10, 1962 - Approximately $60,000 has been raised to rebuild three Negro churches destroyed by fire in southwest Georgia last summer...

Nov 10, 2022

Meredith Struggling at Ole Miss

Nov. 10, 1962 - James Meredith said today he had fallen behind in his work at the University of Mississippi and would seek help from a...

Nov 3, 2022

Four Students Expelled from Ole Miss

Nov. 3, 1962 - The University of Mississippi expelled four students today on charges stemming from demonstrations against James H....

Nov 2, 2022

Movies: “Black Like Me”

Nov. 2, 1962 - The problem of Negroes in American society will be dealt with by Carl Lerner, a film editor known for his work on “12...