Mar 20, 2022Attorney General Kennedy Gets Tough on Police BrutalityMar. 20, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy asked Congress today to toughen Federal statutes against police brutality. He proposed...
Mar 12, 2022Constitutional Amendment Proposed to Outlaw Poll TaxMar. 12, 1962 - Mike Mansfield (pictured center), the Senate majority leader, said today that he would call up for debate this week a...
Mar 11, 2022Mrs. Coretta Scott King Speaks at Harlem ChurchMar. 11, 1962 - Mrs. Coretta Scott King urged today that Negroes “at the bottom of the economic scale” be given “better than equal...
Mar 10, 2022Phillies Move After Negro Players Denied AccomodationsMar. 10, 1962 - Because local hotels in Clearwater, Fla., refused to accommodate five Negro ballplayers, the Philadelphia Phillies moved...