Justice Department Wants Louisiana Voting Law Struck Down
Dec. 28, 1961 - The Justice Department asked a Federal court today to strike down a Louisiana law requiring voters to pass a...
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- Dec 18, 2021
Nearly 300 Negro Demonstrators Arrested in New Orleans
Dec. 18, 1961 - Three hundred Negroes and a few whites tried to march on the State Office Building in New Orleans today. They were...
- Dec 18, 2021
Dr. King Released from Georgia Prison
Dec. 18, 1961 - An agreement reached in Albany, Ga., paved the way for the release of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and about 300...
- Dec 16, 2021
Dr. King, 264 other Negroes arrested in Albany, Ga.
Dec. 16, 1961 - The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 264 other Negroes, and 1 white youth were arrested today as they marched on City...
- Dec 15, 2021
Police Use Tear Gas to Break Up Negro Demonstration in Baton Rouge
Dec. 15, 1961 - The police used tear gas to break up demonstrations today by 1,500 Negroes in the main business district of Baton Rouge,...
- Dec 15, 2021
Mississippi Negro Will Run for Congress, First Since Reconstruction
Dec. 15, 1961 - A 58-year-old Jackson Negro grocer said today he would oppose Representative John Bell Williams in the Fourth District...
- Dec 14, 2021
Georgia National Guard Called Out After More Demonstrations in Albany
Dec. 14, 1961 - National Guardsmen were called out today as negotiators sought to resolve a crisis over mass arrests of Negro...
- Dec 13, 2021
More Arrests in Albany, Ga. as Racial Tension Mounts
Dec. 13, 1961 - In Albany Ga., the police arrested 202 Negroes this evening during a demonstration at the City Hall as racial tension...
- Dec 12, 2021
Mass Arrests of Negro Demonstrators in Albany, Georgia
Dec. 12, 1961 - Two hundred and sixty-seven young Negroes were arrested while marching and singing through downtown Albany, Ga., today....
- Dec 11, 2021
Martin Luther King Addresses AFL-CIO Convention
Dec. 11, 1961 - Dr. Martin Luther King told organized labor today that it had “not adequately used its great power, its vision, and...
- Dec 11, 2021
Supreme Court Voids Sit-In Convictions
Dec. 11, 1961 - The first convictions to reach the Supreme Court from the student sit-in campaign in the South were unanimously set aside...
- Dec 9, 2021
Mississippi Newspaperman Burned in Effigy
Dec. 9, 1961 - Hodding Carter (pictured), Pulitzer Prize newspaper man, commented today that when he was burned in effigy in Glen Allan,...
- Dec 7, 2021
Mississippi Negroes Arrested for Boycotting Downtown Merchants
Dec. 7, 1961 - Seven Negroes were arrested today in Clarksdale, Mississippi, on charges of “withholding trade” from downtown merchants....
- Dec 1, 2021
Mob Menaces Freedom Riders, Attacks Newsmen in Mississippi
Dec. 1, 1961 - In McComb, Mississippi today, he police held back angry white mobs twice while six Freedom Riders achieved the first...
- Nov 29, 2021
Freedom Riders Beaten in McComb, Mississippi
Nov. 29, 1961 - A mob of cursing whites, shouting “Kill ‘em! Kill ‘em!” set upon five Negro Freedom Riders today and drove them from the...
- Nov 29, 2021
Mississippi Citizens Council Forming "Minutemen" Organizations
Nov. 29, 1961 - A Mississippi Citizens Council leader said today that several Southern communities were forming “minutemen” organizations...
- Nov 11, 2021
McNamara Speaks in Atlanta Amidst Protests
Nov. 11, 1961 - Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara addressed a segregated audience in Atlanta this evening while Negroes and whites...
- Nov 9, 2021
White Sox Purchase Hotel to Bypass Segregation in Florida
Nov. 9, 1961 - The Chicago White Sox erased any possible racial segregation problem in spring training today by purchasing the 117-room...
- Nov 9, 2021
McNamara to Speak at Segregated Hotel
Nov. 9, 1961 - President Kennedy’s associates have sought quietly but without success to open the way for Negroes to attend a speech in...
- Oct 31, 2021
Video: Martin Luther King on BBC’s “Face to Face”
Oct. 31, 1961 - Here is an interview with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King on the BBC television show “Face to Face.” Dr. King talks about...
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