Sep 8, 2021NAACP Protests Segregating Seating Policy at Houston StadiumSept. 8, 1961 - An official of the NAACP said today that Negroes playing with the Oakland Raiders would be asked not to cross picket...
Sep 6, 2021Kennedy Sees Progress in Civil RightsSept. 6, 1961 - President Kennedy today called the peaceful integration of many schools in the South a "dramatic demonstration of...
Sep 1, 2021Nine Men Indicted in Firebombing of Freedom Rider BusSept. 1, 1961 - Nine men accused of bombing the first "freedom rider" bus to enter Alabama have been indicted by a Federal grand jury....
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...