Apr 10, 2022Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Assails Literacy Tests in SouthApr. 10, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said that literacy and similar tests were now the principal device used to keep...
Apr 3, 2022Racial Turmoil in BirminghamApr. 3, 1962 - The city of Birmingham, Ala., withdrew its support today from the country program of surplus food for the needy. The...
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...