Martin Luther King Announces Vote Registration Drive
Sept. 25, 1961 - The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King said today that a campaign to double the number of Negro voters in the South this fall...
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Sep 23, 2021
Robert Kennedy says ICC Ban on Segregated Busing Will Be Enforced
Sept. 23, 1961 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said today the Justice Department "will cooperate fully" in enforcing the new...
Sep 23, 2021
Martin Luther King, SCLC Push Integration Policies
Sept. 23, 1961 - More than 200 representatives of organizations affiliated with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference will gather...
Sep 20, 2021
TV: Some Louisiana Viewers Protest Documentary on Negroes
Sept. 20, 1961 - A storm of protest arose in Shreveport, Louisiana, today over "Walk in My Shoes," a documentary on the plight of the...
Sep 20, 2021
Robert Kennedy Quits Metropolitan Club over Segregation Policy
Sept. 20, 1961 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy has resigned from the Metropolitan Club because of its segregation policy. Assistant...
Sep 13, 2021
Thurgood Marshall of NAACP To Be Appointed Judge
Sept. 13, 1961 - Thurgood Marshall (pictured right with Roy Wilkins), chief counsel to the NAACP, is slated for appointment to one of...
Sep 9, 2021
World Champion Oilers Open Season with 55-0 Thrashing of Raiders
Sept. 9, 1961 - The Houston Oilers set a scoring record today while opening the defense of their American Football League championship by...
Sep 8, 2021
NAACP Protests Segregating Seating Policy at Houston Stadium
Sept. 8, 1961 - An official of the NAACP said today that Negroes playing with the Oakland Raiders would be asked not to cross picket...
Sep 6, 2021
Kennedy Sees Progress in Civil Rights
Sept. 6, 1961 - President Kennedy today called the peaceful integration of many schools in the South a "dramatic demonstration of...
Sep 1, 2021
Nine Men Indicted in Firebombing of Freedom Rider Bus
Sept. 1, 1961 - Nine men accused of bombing the first "freedom rider" bus to enter Alabama have been indicted by a Federal grand jury....
Aug 30, 2021
Atlanta Public Schools Integrate Peacefully
Aug. 30, 1961 - Public school desegregation came peacefully today to Atlanta despite efforts by a handful of racists to disrupt the...
Aug 25, 2021
Two Freedom Riders Convicted of Breach of Peace in Jackson, Mississippi
Aug. 25, 1961 - A County Court jury in Jackson, Miss., convicted a second Freedom Rider today on appeal from a City Court conviction. The...
Aug 21, 2021
First Freedom Riders Arrested in Louisiana Convicted of Breach of Peace
Aug. 21, 1961 - Louisiana District Judge John A. Dixon Jr. found six Negro Freedom Riders guilty today of having an intent to provoke a...
Aug 16, 2021
Rev. Martin Luther King Announces "Stand-Ins" at Voter Registration Sites
Aug. 16, 1961 - A program of "stand-ins" at registration points will be started soon in the South, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....
Aug 15, 2021
James Meredith, Negro Veteran, Seeks to Enter University of Mississippi
Aug. 15, 1961 - Attorneys for James H. Meredith (pictured), 28, a Negro seeking entry to the University of Mississippi, rested their case...
Aug 13, 2021
Rev. Martin Luther King Sees End to Freedom Rides Soon
Aug. 13, 1961 - The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King said in New York today that Negro integration leaders would end the Freedom Rides when...
Aug 12, 2021
Alabama Senate Passes Bill to Prohibit Freedom Rides in Alabama
Aug. 12, 1961 - The Alabama Senate gave swift approval today to a bill to prohibit Freedom Rides in Alabama. The House-passed bill was...
Aug 8, 2021
State Department Officer Quits Metropolitan Club over Segregation Policy
Aug. 8, 1961 - Angier Biddle Duke, the State Department's chief of protocol, has resigned from the Metropolitan Club in a dispute over...
Aug 7, 2021
In Africa, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Affirms U.S. Civil Rights Goals
Aug. 7, 1961 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said today at a news conference in Ivory Coast, a country on the south coast of West...
Aug 3, 2021
U.S. Files Three Civil Rights Suits, Says Negroes Denied Voting Rights in South
Aug. 3, 1961 - The U.S. Government filed three civil rights suits today which charged that Negroes had been denied voting rights in...
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