Jun 15, 2022(VIDEO) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. interviewed in San DiegoJune 15, 1962 - In San Diego today, Dr. Martin Luther King spoke of the latest developments in the civil rights struggle. #mlk...
Mar 28, 2022Program to Increase Negro Voter Registration in South Announced in AtlantaMar. 28, 1962 - A program to increase Negro voter registration throughout the South was announced in Atlanta today. Major civil rights...
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...