Sep 27, 2022Tensions Continue to Rise in MississippiSept. 27, 1962 - The Justice Department abandoned tonight a fourth attempt to register James H. Meredith, a Negro, at the University of...
Sep 27, 2022Alabama Governor Calls JFK “Dictator”Sept. 27, 1962 - Alabama Governor John Patterson (pictured) told President Kennedy today that if Federal troops or marshals were sent to...
Sep 26, 2022RFK on Mississippi: Federal Government Will Do “Whatever Is Necessary”Sept. 26, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy reiterated tonight that the Federal Government would do “whatever is necessary” to...
Sep 25, 2022Federal Troops Likely in MississippiSept. 25, 1962 - The Federal Government is prepared to send troops into Mississippi to enforce Federal court orders to admit a Negro,...