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Sep 19, 2022

Barnett Battles in the Courts to Keep Ole Miss White

Sept. 19, 1962 - Governor Ross R. Barnett, Mississippi legislators, and the state courts moved today to block the desegregation of the...

Sep 17, 2022

Another Negro Church Burns in Georgia

Sept. 17, 1962 - A fourth Negro church burned to the ground today in Georgia, and a large-scale investigation by Federal and state...

Sep 15, 2022

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...

Sep 13, 2022

Gov. Barnett Invokes “Interposition” to Block Meredith Enrollment

Sept. 13, 1962 - Gov. Ross R. Barnett invoked the doctrine of “interposition” tonight in a move to block the enrollment of a Negro at the...

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

Jackie Robinson Leads Fund Drive to Rebuild Georgia Churches

Sept. 13, 1962 - About $11,000 has been donated to rebuild the two Negro churches destroyed by fire near Albany, Ga. The Atlanta...

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 10, 2022

Justice Black, Alabaman, Rules on Desegregation in Mississippi

Sept. 10, 1962 - Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black (pictured right with Chief Justice Earl Warren in 1954) ruled today that the...

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...

Sep 4, 2022

Catholic Schools in New Orleans Integrate

Sept. 4, 1962 - Roman Catholic schools in New Orleans lowered racial barriers today for the first time in 67 years. The desegregation was...

Sep 4, 2022

Negro Students Met with Racist Sign in Albany, Ga.

Sept. 4, 1962 - A group of Negroes attempting to integrate the schools in Albany, Ga., met police barricades and a crudely printed sign...

Sep 3, 2022

Klansmen Rally in Georgia

Sept. 3, 1962 - Ku Klux Klansmen massed in a pasture near Albany, Ga., tonight, burned a cross, cheered racist oratory, and swatted...

Sep 2, 2022

Klan Burns Crosses in 14 Louisiana Towns and State Capitol

Sept. 2, 1962 - The Ku Klux Klan burned crosses in at least 14 north Louisiana towns and at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge late last...

Aug 28, 2022

HUAC to Investigate Black Muslims

Aug. 28, 1962 - The House Rules Committee formally recommended today that the House Committee on Un-American Activities investigate the...

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...