Vandals Deface Lincoln Memorial with Racist Message
Sept. 27, 1962 - Vandals have defaced the white marble Lincoln Memorial, painting “n****r lover” in foot-high pink letters on the rear...
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Jul 30, 2022
Floyd Patterson Negotiates Racial Difficulties in Yonkers, N.Y.
July 30, 1962 - Mrs. Arthur Walker, wife of a New York real estate broker, said today that Mrs. Floyd Patterson, wife of the heavyweight...
Jan 23, 2022
Rockwell Applies for Permit to Speak in NYC on Hitler's Birthday
Jan. 23, 1962 - George Lincoln Rockwell, leader of the American Nazi party, has applied for a permit to hold a rally in New York’s Union...
Nov 29, 2021
Freedom Riders Beaten in McComb, Mississippi
Nov. 29, 1961 - A mob of cursing whites, shouting “Kill ‘em! Kill ‘em!” set upon five Negro Freedom Riders today and drove them from the...
Nov 29, 2021
Mississippi Citizens Council Forming "Minutemen" Organizations
Nov. 29, 1961 - A Mississippi Citizens Council leader said today that several Southern communities were forming “minutemen” organizations...
Oct 30, 2021
Martin Luther King Heckled in England
Oct. 30, 1961 - Hecklers shouted “Keep Britain white!” today when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, American anti-segregation leader,...
Sep 25, 2021
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...
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 22, 2021
William F. Buckley Roils Student Convention over Remarks on Africa
Aug. 22, 1961 - The annual convention of the National Student Association in Madison, Wis., was stirred today by controversy over 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...
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