1960s Timeline

June 23, 1963 - Byron de la Beckwith (pictured right with his attorney), known as an outspoken white supremacist, was charged with murder...

June 23, 1963 - Richard M. Nixon said today he supports the goals of President Kennedy’s civil rights proposals and believes Congress...

June 23, 1963 - The FBI announced early today the arrest in Greenwood, Miss., of a white man in connection with the slaying of Medgar...

June 22, 1963 - Negro leaders told President Kennedy today that massive demonstrations would continue until the civil rights problem was...

June 21, 1963 - Electric prods, which are being used on Negro demonstrators in Alabama, deliver a shock of high voltage but low amperage...

June 20, 1963 - The family of the slain integration leader, Medgar Evers, met President Kennedy at the White House today. Secretary of...

June 19, 1963 - Medgar Evers was buried under the tall oaks of Arlington National Cemetery today as fellow integrationists softly sang...

June 19, 1963 - Major organizations in the forefront of the battle for equal rights said “no” today to President Kennedy’s request for a...

June 19, 1963 - President Kennedy called on Congress today to enact extensive civil rights legislation he said would “go far toward...

June 18, 1963 - A Southern effort to divert electoral votes from major party candidates appears likely to fizzle without any material...

June 18, 1963 - More than 450 Negroes, many of them children, were arrested today in Gadsden, Alabama as they defied an injunction...

June 18, 1963 - A minor street incident in Harlem set off a series of violent clashes between Negroes and the police last night. Several...

June 16, 1963 - Elijah Muhammad (pictured right in 1960 with Malcolm X), the leader of the Black Muslims, is confident that his...

June 16, 1963 - A Southern Senator called Washington a “cesspool” today and indicated that he thought this was true because of the large...

June 15, 1963 - Hundreds of Negroes rioted today in Jackson, Miss., after the police arrested a rowdy group of demonstrators following...

June 15, 1963 - Southern politicians were accused in Jackson, Miss., today of responsibility in the death of Medgar Evers, a Negro...

June 14, 1963 - The Most Rev. Richard O. Gerow, Roman Catholic Bishop of Jackson, Mississippi, today urged a resolution of the racial...

June 13, 1963 - More than 100 Negro demonstrators were driven off the steps of City Hall in Danville, Va., tonight after a peaceful...

June 13, 1963 - In Jackson, Mississippi today, the police charged on adults and teenagers who were jeering and chanting “We want freedom”...

June 12, 1963 - Mrs. Myrlie Evers (left), the widow of Medgar Evers, spoke tonight to some 500 persons at a mass meeting at the Pearl...