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Aug 25, 2022

More Southern Schools to Integrate

Aug. 25, 1962 - Public schools in Chattanooga, Tenn., Pensacola, Fla., and several other Southern communities, along with parochial...

Aug 19, 2022

Dr. King Affirms Power of “Freedom Songs”

Aug. 19, 1962 - Negro folk music, which has been singing of a promised land since the days of slavery, has become a vital force in the...

Aug 15, 2022

Negro Church in Georgia Destroyed by Fire, Arson Suspected

Aug. 15, 1962 - A Negro church in Leesburg, Ga., that served as the center for a voter registration campaign was destroyed by fire before...

Aug 14, 2022

Dr. King Announces School Desegregation Efforts

Aug. 14, 1962 - The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said today that efforts would be made next month to desegregate junior and senior...

Aug 11, 2022

Albany, Georgia Shuts Facilities Rather Than Integrate

Aug. 11, 1962 - The city of Albany, Ga., shut down its three public parks and two public libraries today after small groups of Negroes...

Aug 10, 2022

Dr. King Freed from Jail

Aug. 10, 1962 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was freed from jail today in Albany, Ga., after having served two weeks, and Negro leaders...

Aug 7, 2022

Malcolm X Backs Out of Englewood Rally

Aug. 7, 1962 - Malcolm X, national spokesman for the Nation of Islam and minister of Temple No. 7 in Harlem, announced today that he...

Aug 5, 2022

Dr. King’s Children Visit Him in Jail

Aug. 5, 1962 - In Albany, Ga., today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. received a visit in jail from his three small children (pictured earlier...

Aug 5, 2022

Malcolm X To Speak at Englewood Anti-Segregation Rally

Aug. 5, 1962 - The leader of New York’s Black Muslims said today that he would accept an invitation to appear at an anti-segregation...

Aug 1, 2022

President Finds Racial Attitudes of Albany, Ga. Officials “Wholly Inexplicable”

Aug. 1, 1962 - President Kennedy said today he could not understand why city officials in Albany, Ga., could not sit down with Negro...

Jul 31, 2022

Albany Police Chief Wants Martin Luther King Gone from City

July 31, 1962 - Police Chief Laurie Pritchett (left) of Albany, Ga., testified today that the presence of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....

Jul 31, 2022

Two Voting Rights Activists Arrested in Georgia

July 31, 1962 - In Georgia today, two field workers for a desegregationist organization were arrested on vagrancy charges after taking...

Jul 29, 2022

Negro Osteopath Subsitutes for Jailed Dr. King on “Meet the Press”

July 29, 1962 - William G. Anderson (right), a Negro osteopath who was released on bond from jail in Albany, Ga., Saturday, declared...

Jul 28, 2022

Negro Lawyer Caned in Albany, Ga.

July 28, 1962 - A Negro lawyer staggered from the courthouse in Albany, Ga., today with blood streaming from his head and accused Sheriff...

Jul 27, 2022

Dr. King Jailed Again in Albany, Ga.

July 27, 1962 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 26 other Negroes, and 1 white person were arrested and jailed today during 2 prayer protests...

Jul 26, 2022

Malcolm X Confronts Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty in New York

July 26, 1962 - Malcolm X, minister of Nation of Islam Temple No. 7 in Harlem, drew an angry response today when he took the Mayor of Los...

Jul 25, 2022

Dr. King Cancels Demonstration for “Day of Penance” over Violence

July 25, 1962 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (right) canceled plans to lead a mass demonstration in Albany, Ga., today and declared a day...

Jul 24, 2022

Angry Demonstration in Albany, Georgia

July 24, 1962 - The police dispersed a crowd of 2,000 angry Negroes in Albany, Ga., tonight after a Federal court ban against mass...

Jul 23, 2022

Controversy over Civil Rights Demonstrations in Georgia

July 23, 1962 - Chief Judge Elbert P. Tuttle of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit agreed today to review the legality of a...

Jul 22, 2022

Dr. King Charges “Conspiracy” to Maintain Segregation in Georgia

July 22, 1962 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said in Albany, Ga., today that Federal District Judge J. Robert Elliott was engaged in a...