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1963

1963. By: Isabella Burzair Sydney Smith Collin Iannelli. January. Jan 14- The new governor of Alabama, George Wallace , gave the Segregation Forever inaugural address.

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1963

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  1. 1963 By: Isabella Burzair Sydney Smith Collin Iannelli

  2. January Jan 14- The new governor of Alabama, George Wallace , gave the Segregation Forever inaugural address. Jan. 28th- School desegregation in South Carolina finally achieved when African-American student Harvey B. Gantt enrolls at Clemson.

  3. February • Feb. 28- President JFK asked congress to broaden laws to protect African Americans

  4. March • March18- the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the poor must have lawyers

  5. April April 12th- Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. arrested and jailed in Birmingham, Alabama during a desegregation drive

  6. May • Birmingham, Alabama police turn dogs & fire hoses on Civil Rights protesters

  7. June • U.S. President John F. Kennedy says that segregation is "morally wrong" and it is "time to act..." • June 11th- Alabama Governor George Wallace blocks entrance of state university to African-American students. He later backs down in the face of National Guard troops called in by President Kennedy • June 12th- Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers assassinated in Mississippi

  8. July • July 1- Aug. 2- Senate Commerce Committee held days of hearings • July 29- 34 protesters were arrested and charged with trespass

  9. August • Aug. 28- Massive march of 250,000 blacks, one of them being Rosa Parks, on Washington to pressure quick action on civil rights movement • James Meredith becomes the first African-American graduate of the University of Mississippi • Aug. 28th- The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech before a crowd of over 200,000 gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

  10. September • Sept. 15- 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama killed 4 young girls and injured 20 people

  11. October • Oct. 7- Freedom Day in Selma, Alabama SNCC workers accompany black would-be voters to the court house to help them register • Freedom vote- in Mississippi several civil rights organizations, council of federated organizations, launched freedom vote mock election to give black citizens practice for casting a ballot

  12. November • Nov 22- President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas • Nov 24- Millions of people watched as night club owner Jack Ruby murdered JFK’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald • Nov 25-JFK was buried in Arlington National Cemetery

  13. December • Members of many civil rights organizations did a Holiday March carrying letters to political leaders to urge anti-segregation legislation

  14. Biblioraphy • dancinginthedarkness.wordpress.com/.../ • http://tucsoncitizen.com/wildaboutazcats/2011/01/08/notable-arizona-wildcats-cancellations-and-postponements-of-sporting-events/jfk-2/ • http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/m_r/randall/birmingham.htm • http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/photo-gallery/martin-luther-king.jsp • http://law.rightpundits.com/?p=2400 • http://tucsoncitizen.com/wildaboutazcats/2011/01/08/notable-arizona-wildcats-cancellations-and-postponements-of-sporting-events/jfk-2/

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