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, 2022Vandals Deface Lincoln Memorial with Racist MessageSept. 27, 1962 - Vandals have defaced the white marble Lincoln Memorial, painting “n****r lover” in foot-high pink letters on the rear...
Sep 27, 2022Walker Assails “Antichrist Supreme Court,” in Mississippi to “Rally to the Cause of Freedom”Sept. 27, 1962 - Edwin A. Walker (pictured in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957) said today that he had been on the wrong side when he led...
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...