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Mar 23

Malcolm X Holds Rally in New York

Mar. 23, 1964 - One thousand Negroes cheered Malcolm X last night when he declared: “It’s time for you and me to let the Government know...

Mar 23

RFK Gives Update on JFK Memorial Library

Mar. 23, 1964 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said today that $5 million, or half the sum required, had been raised for the John...

Mar 22

Harry Belafonte Returns to TV

Mar. 22, 1964 - Harry Belafonte (pictured right with Sidney Poitier), who has been turning down guest appearances, will be on television...

Mar 22

Reuther Cool to Endorsement of RFK for VP

Mar. 22, 1964 - Walter Reuther, president of the United Automobile Workers, today brushed aside a proposal that the union endorse...

Mar 19

Salinger Resigns, Will Run for Senate in California

Mar. 19, 1964 - Pierre Salinger (left) resigned today as White House press secretary. It is expected that he will seek the Democratic...

Mar 18

Goldwater Winds Up Northern California Tour

Mar. 18, 1964 - Senator Barry Goldwater, castigating President Johnson and calling for victory in South Vietnam, wound up a successful...

Mar 17

RFK Speaks in Scranton

Mar. 17, 1964 - “I appreciate it, but I think it’s out of place.” In soft-spoken tones, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was reacting...

Mar 17

Mrs. Kennedy Visits JFK’s Grave on St. Patrick’s Day

Mar. 17, 1964 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy placed a sprig of shamrock on her husband’s grave in Arlington National Cemetery today. She...

Mar 17

GOP Leaders Hit Johnson Anti-Poverty Campaign

Mar. 17, 1964 - Republicans suggested today that much of the Johnson Administration’s planned war on poverty would merely duplicate...

Mar 16

New School Boycott in NYC a Fizzle

Mar. 16, 1964 - Unsupported by three major Negro organizations and by a Puerto Rican group which backed the Feb. 3 school boycott in New...

Mar 16

President Johnson Declares War on Poverty

Mar. 16, 1964 - President Johnson placed his controversial billion-dollar war on poverty on the Congressional firing line today and...

Mar 15

[VIDEO] Mar. 15, 1964 | A Conversation with LBJ

Mar. 15, 1964 - President Johnson tonight named as his major domestic objectives an attack on the causes of poverty and passage of the...

Mar 15

NYPD Commissioner Hits Malcolm X

Mar. 15, 1964 - New York City Police Commissioner Michael Murphy warned civil rights leaders today that he would not allow them to “turn...

Mar 15

[AUDIO] Bob Moses of SNCC Speaks on Mississippi Freedom Summer

Mar. 15, 1964 - The most extensive program of Negro education and political action seen in the South was outlined for Mississippi today...

Mar 15

Six Americans Killed in Vietnam

Mar. 15, 1964 - Communist ground fire downed a U.S. helicopter and a spotter plane in separate actions in South Vietnam this weekend. Six...

Mar 15

MLK Predicts More Demonstrations

Mar. 15, 1964 - Dr. Martin Luther King predicted yesterday there would be enormous civil rights demonstrations throughout the country in...

Mar 14

Humphrey Optimistic on Civil Rights Bill

Mar. 14, 1964 - Senator Hubert Humphrey told 900 New Jersey Democrats in Atlantic City, N.J., today that Congress would pass the civil...

Mar 14

Malcolm X’s Break with Nation of Islam Analyzed by Civil Rights Leaders

Mar. 14, 1964 - Leaders of the civil rights movement in the North and South are weighing the significance of the decision last week by...

Mar 13

Goldwater Wants Answers on Vietnam

Mar. 13, 1964 - Senator Barry Goldwater suggested today that Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge should report to a joint session of Congress on...

Mar 13

McNamara Seeks Increased U.S. Operations in South Vietnam

Mar. 13, 1964 - Defense Secretary Robert McNamara recommended to President Johnson today a program of increased operations against the...