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1960s Timeline
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- Aug 28
Dr. King Shines at Washington March


- Aug 28
🚨Hundreds of Thousands Demonstrate for Civil Rights in D.C.

- Aug 14
NYPD Chooses First Negro to Study at FBI National Academy

- Aug 11
James Hood Withdraws from University of Alabama


- Aug 1
President Kennedy Comments on Civil Rights Demonstrations

- Jul 26
MLK: Civil Rights Movement Employs No Communists

- Jul 25
JFK: No Evidence MLK Is Communist or Communist-Controlled

- Jul 15
Wallace Attacks Kennedy Civil Rights Program


- Jul 6
July 6, 1963 | (VIDEO) Martin Luther King Press Conference


- Jul 5
Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ In the Wind” a Breakout Hit

- Jul 1
RFK Pushes Administration’s Civil Rights Bill

- Jun 23
MLK Speaks in Detroit


- Jun 22
President Kennedy Meets with Negro Leaders


- Jun 9
June 9, 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King on "Open End" with David Susskind


- Jun 9
President Kennedy Speaks on Race Relations at Mayors Conference in Honolulu


- Jun 9
Dr. King Hits Kennedy on Civil Rights

- Jun 5
Malcolm X Assails Non-Violent Policy of Martin Luther King

- Jun 1
Roy Wilkins Arrested in Mississippi

- Jun 1
Wallace Still Defies Federal Court Injunction