Aug 21, 2023Negro Integration Leader’s Home Bombed in BirminghamAug. 21, 1963 - A bomb blasted the garage of a Negro integration leader last night in Birmingham, Ala., and 2,000 angry Negroes rushed to...
Aug 20, 2023JFK: “I Don’t Think Racial Quotas Are a Good Idea”Aug. 20, 1963 - President Kennedy said today that he disapproved of employment quotas based on race. This device has been proposed as a...
Aug 20, 2023Raiders-Jets Game in Alabama Canceled Over Segregated SeatingAug. 20, 1963 - Al Davis (left with Art Powell), coach of the American Football League’s Oakland Raiders, expressed disappointment over...
Aug 18, 2023James Meredith Graduates from University of MississippiAug. 18, 1963 - James Meredith received a degree from the University of Mississippi today. He thus became the first Negro alumnus in the...