Vandals Deface Lincoln Memorial with Racist Message
Sept. 27, 1962 - Vandals have defaced the white marble Lincoln Memorial, painting “n****r lover” in foot-high pink letters on the rear...
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- Jul 30, 2022
Floyd Patterson Negotiates Racial Difficulties in Yonkers, N.Y.
July 30, 1962 - Mrs. Arthur Walker, wife of a New York real estate broker, said today that Mrs. Floyd Patterson, wife of the heavyweight...
- Jan 23, 2022
Rockwell Applies for Permit to Speak in NYC on Hitler's Birthday
Jan. 23, 1962 - George Lincoln Rockwell, leader of the American Nazi party, has applied for a permit to hold a rally in New York’s Union...
- 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...
- Oct 30, 2021
Martin Luther King Heckled in England
Oct. 30, 1961 - Hecklers shouted “Keep Britain white!” today when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, American anti-segregation leader,...
- Sep 25, 2021
Martin Luther King Announces Vote Registration Drive
Sept. 25, 1961 - The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King said today that a campaign to double the number of Negro voters in the South this fall...
- Sep 23, 2021
Robert Kennedy says ICC Ban on Segregated Busing Will Be Enforced
Sept. 23, 1961 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said today the Justice Department "will cooperate fully" in enforcing the new...
- Sep 23, 2021
Martin Luther King, SCLC Push Integration Policies
Sept. 23, 1961 - More than 200 representatives of organizations affiliated with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference will gather...
- Sep 20, 2021
TV: Some Louisiana Viewers Protest Documentary on Negroes
Sept. 20, 1961 - A storm of protest arose in Shreveport, Louisiana, today over "Walk in My Shoes," a documentary on the plight of the...
- Sep 20, 2021
Robert Kennedy Quits Metropolitan Club over Segregation Policy
Sept. 20, 1961 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy has resigned from the Metropolitan Club because of its segregation policy. Assistant...
- Sep 13, 2021
Thurgood Marshall of NAACP To Be Appointed Judge
Sept. 13, 1961 - Thurgood Marshall (pictured right with Roy Wilkins), chief counsel to the NAACP, is slated for appointment to one of...
- Sep 9, 2021
World Champion Oilers Open Season with 55-0 Thrashing of Raiders
Sept. 9, 1961 - The Houston Oilers set a scoring record today while opening the defense of their American Football League championship by...
- Sep 8, 2021
NAACP Protests Segregating Seating Policy at Houston Stadium
Sept. 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, 2021
Kennedy Sees Progress in Civil Rights
Sept. 6, 1961 - President Kennedy today called the peaceful integration of many schools in the South a "dramatic demonstration of...
- Sep 1, 2021
Nine Men Indicted in Firebombing of Freedom Rider Bus
Sept. 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, 2021
Atlanta Public Schools Integrate Peacefully
Aug. 30, 1961 - Public school desegregation came peacefully today to Atlanta despite efforts by a handful of racists to disrupt the...
- Aug 25, 2021
Two Freedom Riders Convicted of Breach of Peace in Jackson, Mississippi
Aug. 25, 1961 - A County Court jury in Jackson, Miss., convicted a second Freedom Rider today on appeal from a City Court conviction. The...
- Aug 22, 2021
William F. Buckley Roils Student Convention over Remarks on Africa
Aug. 22, 1961 - The annual convention of the National Student Association in Madison, Wis., was stirred today by controversy over the...
- Aug 21, 2021
First Freedom Riders Arrested in Louisiana Convicted of Breach of Peace
Aug. 21, 1961 - Louisiana District Judge John A. Dixon Jr. found six Negro Freedom Riders guilty today of having an intent to provoke a...
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