Mar 9, 2023RFK to Labor: Eliminate Race DiscriminationMar. 9, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy appealed to organized labor today to strike race discrimination from its ranks — “and...
Mar 6, 2023Former General Walker Calls Ole Miss Riot “Most Amusing”Mar. 6, 1963 - Former Major General Edwin A. Walker (pictured right) said today the integration riots at the University of Mississippi...
Mar 6, 2023JFK Tangles With Rockefeller on Civil RightsMar. 6, 1963 - A charge by Governor Rockefeller that President Kennedy had appointed “segregationist” judges in the South was rejected by...
Mar 1, 2023Civil Rights Worker Shot in MississippiMar. 1, 1963 - The shooting of a 20-year-old civil rights worker sparked a vow by the South’s integration leaders today to sign up every...