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![Negro Integration Leader’s Home Bombed in Birmingham](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_a9b449d05242466cae8ed8adc01ffc53~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_a9b449d05242466cae8ed8adc01ffc53~mv2.webp)
Negro Integration Leader’s Home Bombed in Birmingham
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![JFK: “I Don’t Think Racial Quotas Are a Good Idea”](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_811975a5af1949d4a9c489167c4e7e1f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_811975a5af1949d4a9c489167c4e7e1f~mv2.webp)
JFK: “I Don’t Think Racial Quotas Are a Good Idea”
![Raiders-Jets Game in Alabama Canceled Over Segregated Seating](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_e24494049850450eaf4ff1c7c27699bb~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_e24494049850450eaf4ff1c7c27699bb~mv2.webp)
Raiders-Jets Game in Alabama Canceled Over Segregated Seating
![James Meredith Graduates from University of Mississippi](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_426c78584a844821ac1c42a16eceb949~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_426c78584a844821ac1c42a16eceb949~mv2.webp)
James Meredith Graduates from University of Mississippi
![Dick Gregory Held in Chicago Prison](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_a3ae7f74ecfd4e2095a74cabe5336445~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_a3ae7f74ecfd4e2095a74cabe5336445~mv2.webp)
Dick Gregory Held in Chicago Prison
![NYPD Chooses First Negro to Study at FBI National Academy](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_0a8d248c58704db696a656ec6babd332~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_0a8d248c58704db696a656ec6babd332~mv2.webp)
NYPD Chooses First Negro to Study at FBI National Academy
![Grand Jury Refuses to Indict Suspect for Murder of Postman William L. Moore](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_966744943bf84ac88191c1a7a060b368~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_966744943bf84ac88191c1a7a060b368~mv2.webp)
Grand Jury Refuses to Indict Suspect for Murder of Postman William L. Moore
![James Hood Withdraws from University of Alabama](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_6be563ff4c4645eabcf7799d93dacc15~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_6be563ff4c4645eabcf7799d93dacc15~mv2.webp)
James Hood Withdraws from University of Alabama
![Senator Russell: If Election Were Today, Goldwater Would Win Georgia](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_720e6771c3bc457384b790a83e95a4a3~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_720e6771c3bc457384b790a83e95a4a3~mv2.webp)
Senator Russell: If Election Were Today, Goldwater Would Win Georgia
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![President Kennedy Comments on Civil Rights Demonstrations](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_8eb438e3a8954edbb48e11828b8ec0f8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_8eb438e3a8954edbb48e11828b8ec0f8~mv2.webp)
President Kennedy Comments on Civil Rights Demonstrations
![Brando Participates in Civil Rights March, Ignores Hecklers](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_c74449845fe64927a6de22876dd09d0b~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_c74449845fe64927a6de22876dd09d0b~mv2.webp)
Brando Participates in Civil Rights March, Ignores Hecklers
![MLK: Civil Rights Movement Employs No Communists](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_96c34f6fcaaf46df91400c5de232df64~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_96c34f6fcaaf46df91400c5de232df64~mv2.webp)
MLK: Civil Rights Movement Employs No Communists
![Atlanta Mayor Calls Segregation “Slavery’s Stepchild”](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_e2da53ca44eb48c9ae74b03f3bbc9dd2~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_e2da53ca44eb48c9ae74b03f3bbc9dd2~mv2.webp)
Atlanta Mayor Calls Segregation “Slavery’s Stepchild”
![JFK: No Evidence MLK Is Communist or Communist-Controlled](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_0effc27f06f14e28a23ee23441e4a397~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_0effc27f06f14e28a23ee23441e4a397~mv2.webp)
JFK: No Evidence MLK Is Communist or Communist-Controlled
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![Maryland Amusement Park Agrees to Integrate](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_dbafebc179cb4be293788e0699e43170~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_dbafebc179cb4be293788e0699e43170~mv2.webp)
Maryland Amusement Park Agrees to Integrate
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![Attorney General Defends Civil Rights Bill](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_1097990c66874d9c98ed8f9d0ce3bd07~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_1097990c66874d9c98ed8f9d0ce3bd07~mv2.webp)
Attorney General Defends Civil Rights Bill
![Brando Hospitalized](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_5ee881b81bd646fdbf61fe2ca6dd61a7~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_5ee881b81bd646fdbf61fe2ca6dd61a7~mv2.webp)
Brando Hospitalized
![Wallace Attacks Kennedy Civil Rights Program](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_da874e4d0c6343a997faef63c55fd712~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_da874e4d0c6343a997faef63c55fd712~mv2.webp)
Wallace Attacks Kennedy Civil Rights Program
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![Maryland Restaurant Owner that Smeared Egg on Demonstrator: “I Was Wrong”](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_314c8ae85fa24ec7a75bd3c153a28183~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_314c8ae85fa24ec7a75bd3c153a28183~mv2.webp)
Maryland Restaurant Owner that Smeared Egg on Demonstrator: “I Was Wrong”
![Malcolm X Calls Integration a “Government Solution” that Will Not Work](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_a5473cfa6602437e8ab2b7e9a06ece05~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_a5473cfa6602437e8ab2b7e9a06ece05~mv2.webp)
Malcolm X Calls Integration a “Government Solution” that Will Not Work