1960s Timeline

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Dec 11, 2021

Supreme Court Voids Sit-In Convictions

Dec. 11, 1961 - The first convictions to reach the Supreme Court from the student sit-in campaign in the South were unanimously set aside...

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...

Aug 18, 2021

Judge Learned Hand, Highly-Esteemed Jurist, Dead at 89

Aug. 18, 1961 - Judge Learned Hand (pictured in 1951), once called the greatest jurist of his time, died today at the age of 89. Judge...