MLK on Birmingham Demonstrations: “We Are Ready to Negotiate”
May 3, 1963 - The anti-segregation demonstrators in Birmingham, Alabama today appeared to be older than those who marched yesterday —...
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May 3, 2023
🚨Violence Erupts at Birmingham Demonstration
May 3, 1963 - Fire hoses and police dogs were used in Birmingham, Alabama today to disperse Negro students protesting racial segregation....
May 3, 2023
“Freedom Walkers” Continue Journey Amidst Hostility in Deep South
May 3, 1963 - Singing “We Shall Overcome,” five whites and five Negroes who call themselves “Freedom Walkers” continued today the journey...
May 3, 2023
Malcolm X Observes Black Muslim Trial in L.A., Photographs Policeman
May 3, 1963 - Malcolm X, controversial national spokesman for the Nation of Islam and minister of Temple No. 7 in Harlem, journeyed to...
May 2, 2023
“Freedom Walkers” Debate Teenagers in Georgia
May 2, 1963 - Ten “Freedom Walkers” — five whites and five Negroes — engaged in a debate this afternoon with fifteen white teenagers in...
May 2, 2023
Hundreds Demonstrate in Birmingham
May 2, 1963 - Hundreds of young Negroes, many of them in their teens or younger, demonstrated through the streets of Birmingham, Alabama...
May 1, 2023
Demonstrators Attempting to Complete “Freedom Walk” to Jackson, Miss.
May 1, 1963 - Five white persons and five Negroes completed today the first leg of a four-hundred-mile “Freedom Walk” to Jackson, Miss....
Apr 29, 2023
12 Whites and Negroes Will Continue Slain Mailman’s “Freedom Walk”
Apr. 29, 1963 - Six whites and six Negroes planned today to leave Chattanooga, Tenn., at dawn Wednesday to finish a slain postman’s...
Apr 27, 2023
Murder Charges Filed in Slaying of Baltimore Mailman
Apr. 27, 1963 - In Gadsden, Alabama tonight, Etowah County Sheriff Dewey Colvard said first-degree murder charges would be filed against...
Apr 26, 2023
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Visits Atlanta
Apr. 26, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, visiting Atlanta on Confederate Memorial Day, praised progress made in Georgia and...
Apr 23, 2023
Baltimore Mailman, Marching for Civil Rights, Killed in Alabama Ambush
Apr. 23, 1963 - A 35-year-old Baltimore mailman was shot and killed today while hiking to Mississippi to urge Governor Ross Barnett to...
Apr 20, 2023
Dr. King Released from Jail
Apr. 20, 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was released from Birmingham City Jail today after posting a $300 cash bond. Dr. King and 30...
Apr 18, 2023
Mrs. King Visits Dr. King in Jail
Apr. 18, 1963 - Mrs. Coretta Scott King talked this afternoon with her husband, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, through a glass...
Apr 17, 2023
Rev. Graham to Rev. King: “Put Brakes On”
Apr. 17, 1963 - The Rev. Dr. Billy Graham had this advice today for “a good personal friend,” the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: “Put...
Apr 15, 2023
President Kennedy Telephones Dr. King’s Wife, Coretta Scott King
Apr. 15, 1963 - Mrs. Coretta Scott King said today President Kennedy had told her he hoped the change of government in Birmingham might...
Apr 15, 2023
New Birmingham Mayor, Albert Boutwell, Sworn in
Apr. 15, 1963 - In Birmingham, Alabama today, Mayor Albert Boutwell and the new City Council were sworn in. They pledged to give...
Apr 14, 2023
Violence Erupts in Birmingham
Apr. 14, 1963 - Negroes protesting the arrest of leaders of an attempted march in Birmingham, Alabama hurled rocks at policemen today....
Apr 13, 2023
Belafonte Asks JFK and RFK for Help in Birmingham
Apr. 13, 1963 - President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy were urged in telegrams today to act immediately “to end the...
Apr 13, 2023
With Dr. King Jailed, Birmingham Negroes Continue Demonstrations
Apr. 13, 1963 - Negroes continued to demonstrate against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama today despite the jailing yesterday of...
Apr 12, 2023
Dr. King Arrested in Birmingham
Apr. 12, 1963 - The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham, Alabama this afternoon when he defied a court injunction...
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