1963
Jan 7

ACLU Protests Senate Investigation of Pacifica Radio

Jan 14

Governor George Wallace: “Segregation Now, Segregation Tomorrow, Segregation Forever”

Jan 31

Folk Singer Josh White Performs for JFK at “Dinner with the President” on CBS TV

Feb 12

President Kennedy Tries Lavish PR Move on Civil Rights – Fails

Feb 24

A. Philip Randolph Announces Plan for “Pilgrimage” to Washington

Feb 27

Madalyn Murray Sues to Ban Bible Reading, Lord’s Prayer, in Baltimore Schools

Mar 13

Ernesto Miranda Arrested

Mar 18

Gideon’s Trumpet: The Right to an Attorney at Trial

Mar 20

Joan Baez Boycotts “Hootenanny” Over Blacklist

Mar 25

Supreme Court Limits Legislative Investigations of Political Beliefs and Associations

Apr 2

Supreme Court Invalidates Virginia Anti-NAACP Laws, Upholds Lawyers’ Activism

Apr 3

“B” Day – Rev. Martin Luther King Launches Birmingham Demonstrations

Apr 7

NY Times Reviewer Blasts Friedan’s Classic “Feminine Mystique:” Blames Women for Their Own Problems

Apr 12

Martin Luther King Arrested in Birmingham Demonstration: Writes Famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail”

Apr 16

Martin Luther King, Jr., Writes Famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail”

Apr 17

Forced Retirement at Age 32? Stewardesses Challenge American Airlines Rule

May 2

“D” Day in Birmingham – Martin Luther King Mobilizes Children for Demonstrations

May 3

Fire Hoses and Police Dogs Attack Birmingham Civil Right Demonstrators

May 10

“Bombingham:” Racists Bomb Birmingham Motel

May 24

AG Robert Kennedy-James Baldwin Meeting: Kennedy Gets Earful

May 30

VP Lyndon Johnson Gives Powerful Civil Rights Speech at Gettysburg

Jun 9

Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Activist, Savagely Beaten in Mississippi Jail

Jun 10

President Kennedy Signs Equal Pay Act

Jun 11

George Wallace “Stands in the Schoolhouse Door” to Block Integration; Then Steps Aside

Jun 11

President Kennedy Calls for Immigration Law Reform

Jun 11

President Kennedy Gives Historic Civil Rights Speech on National Television

Jun 12

Mississippi Civil Rights Leader Medgar Evers Shot and Killed

Jun 17

Bible Reading in Public Schools Ruled Unconstitutional

Jun 21

University of California Repeals Decades-Old Speaker Ban

Jun 22

President Kennedy Pressures Dr. Martin Luther King to Fire Alleged Communist Associates, Fails

Jun 22

President Kennedy Tries, Fails to Get Civil Rights Leaders to Cancel March on Washington

Jun 25

North Carolina Passes Campus Speaker Ban

Jul 10

“Stall-in” Proposed as Civil Rights Protest for 1964 World’s Fair

Jul 23

President Kennedy Sends Congress Immigration Reform Proposal

Jul 26

President Kennedy Urges “Aggressive” IRS Investigation of Political Groups

Aug 1

President Kennedy Denounces U.S. Travelers to Cuba as “Communists”

Aug 26

First Unauthorized Traveler to Cuba Returns, Faces Federal Charges

Aug 27

W. E. B. Du Bois, African-American Intellectual Giant, Dies

Aug 28

“I Have a Dream”: King Delivers Historic Speech at March on Washington

Aug 28

John Lewis’ Speech at March on Washington Censored

Aug 31

Robert Bork, Yale Law Professor, Opposes Civil Rights Bill

Sep 9

Alabama Gov. George Wallace Defends “Rights of Whites”

Sep 10

Alabama Fights School Integration – JFK Mobilizes National Guard

Sep 10

Trashy Novels “Have a Place in Our Society,” Judge Rules

Sep 14

Pete Seeger Refuses to Sign Loyalty Oath, Is Barred from “Hootenanny” TV Show

Sep 15

“Bombingham” – Birmingham Church Bomb Kills Four African American Girls

Sep 16

“A Time to Speak:” Chuck Morgan, White Birmingham Resident, Denounces Racist Bombing

Oct 10

AG Robert Kennedy Approves FBI Wiretaps on Martin Luther King

Oct 11

President Kennedy’s Commission on Status of Women Releases Report

Oct 15

FBI Distributes Vicious Report on Martin Luther King’s Alleged Communist Ties

Oct 21

Supreme Court Justice Goldberg Invites Constitutional Challenges to the Death Penalty

Oct 22

President Kennedy Asks NY Times Publisher to Transfer Reporter David Halberstam from Vietnam

Nov 1

“Freedom Vote” in Mississippi Begins

Nov 26

LBJ: “What the Hell’s the Presidency For?”

Dec 23

“No Salmon, No Santa” – Native-Americans Protest Loss of Fishing Rights in State of Washington

Dec 23

FBI Develops Infamous Plan to “Neutralize” Dr. Martin Luther King

Dec 31

LBJ Integrates University of Texas Faculty Club

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