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The Civil Rights Movement: 1963

By LWP005

  • Wallace becomes Governor of Alabama

    Wallace becomes Governor of Alabama
    "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." Opposed civil rights, supported segregation.

  • Baltimore Students Begin Protest Against Northwood Theater

    Baltimore Students Begin Protest Against Northwood Theater
    Protest Info

  • Protest at Northwood Theater Ends

    Protest at Northwood Theater Ends

  • Supreme Court finds 187 Protestors Innocent

    Supreme Court finds 187 Protestors Innocent
    Protest Info

  • March goes from Peaceful to Violent in Alabama

    March goes from Peaceful to Violent in Alabama
    March Info

  • Segregation in Courtrooms is Unconstitutional

    Segregation in Courtrooms is Unconstitutional

  • State and Local Goverrnments are not Allowed to Interfere with Peaceful Sit-Ins

    State and Local Goverrnments are not Allowed to Interfere with Peaceful Sit-Ins

  • Prohibitation of Delaying Desegregation of Schools

    Prohibitation of Delaying Desegregation of Schools

  • About 600 Child Protestors Arrested

    About 600 Child Protestors Arrested

  • Kennedy Says Civil Rights is a "Moral issue"

    Kennedy Says Civil Rights is a "Moral issue"
    Video of Speech

  • March on Washington: "I Have a Dream" Speech

    March on Washington: "I Have a Dream" Speech
    "I Have a Dream" speech: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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    Many Schools Scheduled to Integrate Fail to Open this School Year

  • Church Bombing Kills Four African-American Girls

    Church Bombing Kills Four African-American Girls
    In Birmingham, Alabama, the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, home of many Civil Rights meetings, was bombed, killing 4 girls.

  • African-Americans Boycott Chicago Schools

    African-Americans Boycott Chicago Schools

  • President Johnson Rewards Bunche and Anderson Medal of Freedom

    President Johnson Rewards Bunche and Anderson Medal of Freedom