Aug 30, 2021Atlanta Public Schools Integrate PeacefullyAug. 30, 1961 - Public school desegregation came peacefully today to Atlanta despite efforts by a handful of racists to disrupt the...
Aug 25, 2021Two Freedom Riders Convicted of Breach of Peace in Jackson, MississippiAug. 25, 1961 - A County Court jury in Jackson, Miss., convicted a second Freedom Rider today on appeal from a City Court conviction. The...
Aug 21, 2021First Freedom Riders Arrested in Louisiana Convicted of Breach of PeaceAug. 21, 1961 - Louisiana District Judge John A. Dixon Jr. found six Negro Freedom Riders guilty today of having an intent to provoke a...
Aug 16, 2021Rev. Martin Luther King Announces "Stand-Ins" at Voter Registration SitesAug. 16, 1961 - A program of "stand-ins" at registration points will be started soon in the South, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....