May 22, 2023JFK Stands Firm on University of Alabama IntegrationMay 22, 1963 - President Kennedy made it clear today he would use federal marshals or troops to desegregate the University of Alabama if...
May 21, 2023Integration Showdown at University of AlabamaMay 21, 1963 - Federal District Judge Hobart H. Grooms told the University of Alabama today that it must admit two Negroes June 10....
May 20, 2023Anti-Segregation Demonstrations in Greensboro, N.C.May 20, 1963 - An estimated total of 420 more Negro demonstrators have been arrested and jailed in Greensboro, N.C., in the sixth day of...
May 20, 2023Negro Student Demonstrators Expelled or Suspended in BirminghamMay 20, 1963 - The Board of Education of Birmingham, Alabama today ordered the expulsion or suspension of some 1,100 Negro students who...