1960s Timeline
Politics | Culture | Entertainment | Sports
JFK Welcomes King Mohammad Zahir and Queen Homaira of Afghanistan
De Sapio Beaten by Koch
Senator Morse Hits Governor Wallace’s “Nervous Condition”
Integration Leader’s Home Bombed in Birmingham
Sen. Morse Calls Wallace a “Punk” and “Disgrace”
RFK: We’ll Use Troops in Alabama if Necessary
Georgia A.G.: This State Doesn’t Recognize Intermarriage
Most Southern Schools Integrate Peacefully
War of Words between U.S. and South Vietnam
JFK: Civil Rights Could Hurt Reelection Chances
First Negro to Graduate University of Georgia Marries White Man
Walter Cronkite Interviews President Kennedy on CBS-TV
Wallace Prevents Desegregation of Alabama Schools
Vietnamese Paper Charges U.S. Coup Plot
Racial Violence in Plaquemine, Louisiana
MLK: We Must Double Negro Vote
U.S. Moving Toward Confrontation with Diem Regime
Retired U.S. Army Officer Doubts South Vietnamese Want to Defeat Communists
President Kennedy First Guest on Walter Cronkite’s Half-Hour News Program
Requiring Students to Stand for Anthem Judged Unconstitutional