1960s Timeline

Oct. 1, 1962 - Governor Ross. R. Barnett (pictured) of Mississippi was finding scant sympathy among his colleagues of the Southern...

Oct. 1, 1962 - Aside from the U.S. marshals, the chief targets of the rioters at the University of Mississippi last night and early this...

Oct. 1, 1962 - At the University of Mississippi at Oxford this morning, a small detachment of Mississippi National Guardsmen went to the...

Oct. 1, 1962 - James H. Meredith, a 29-year-old Negro, was admitted last night to the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford and was...

Sept. 30, 1962 - President Kennedy appealed tonight to the students at the University of Mississippi and the people of Mississippi to...

Here is President Kennedy's report on the situation at the University of Mississippi. #jfk #civilrights #mississippi #olemiss

Sept. 30, 1962 - Governor Ross R. Barnett, declaring that his state had been “physically overpowered” by the Federal Government, gave up...

Sept. 30, 1962 - Bobby Franklin (left), a 25-year-old defensive halfback with the Cleveland Browns of the NFL, was ordered today to...

Sept. 30, 1962 - Josephine Marshall, the 11-year-old daughter of the Justice Department’s civil rights chief, Burke Marshall (left), fell...

Sept. 30, 1962 - At midnight last night, President Kennedy committed the full weight of the Federal Government to end Mississippi’s...

Sept. 29, 1962 - Hundreds of Confederate flags waved defiantly tonight during the playing of the National Anthem at the start of the...

Sept. 29, 1962 - Hundreds of U.S. Army troops and about 500 U.S marshals are in the huge Memphis Naval Air station tonight. The...

Sept. 29, 1962 - A talkative, obviously pleased Richard M. Nixon completed the first televised question program of his campaign for...

Sept. 29, 1962 - Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower (pictured with President Kennedy earlier this month) said today he was “quite sure...

Sept. 29, 1962 - James Meredith (center), 29-year-old Air Force veteran, explained today why he hopes to attend the previously all-white...

Sept. 29, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy expressed disappointment today that the American Bar Association and “the many...

Sept. 29, 1962 - Former Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker (pictured right) demanded “violent vocal protest” today against use of Federal troops...

Sept. 28, 1962 - Governor Ross R. Barnett (pictured) of Mississippi was found guilty today of civil contempt of Federal court orders...

Sept. 28, 1962 - William L. Higgs, an attorney and civil rights advocate from Jackson, explains the challenges Mississippi Negroes face...

Sept. 28, 1962 - Dr. Martin Luther King, apostle of nonviolence, was punched twice in the face today by a self-styled member of the...