The Civil Rights Movement: 1963

Wallace becomes Governor of Alabama

Jan 14, 1963

"Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." Opposed civil rights, supported segregation.

Baltimore Students Begin Protest Against Northwood Theater

Feb 15, 1963

Protest Info

Protest at Northwood Theater Ends

Feb 22, 1963

Supreme Court finds 187 Protestors Innocent

Feb 25, 1963

Protest Info

March goes from Peaceful to Violent in Alabama

Apr 12, 1963

March Info

Segregation in Courtrooms is Unconstitutional

Apr 29, 1963

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

May 20, 1963

Prohibitation of Delaying Desegregation of Schools

May 27, 1963

About 600 Child Protestors Arrested

May 31, 1963

Kennedy Says Civil Rights is a "Moral issue"

Jun 11, 1963

Video of Speech

March on Washington: "I Have a Dream" Speech

Aug 28, 1963

"I Have a Dream" speech: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Many Schools Scheduled to Integrate Fail to Open this School Year

Period: Sep 1, 1963 to Sep 30, 1963

Church Bombing Kills Four African-American Girls

Sep 15, 1963

In Birmingham, Alabama, the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, home of many Civil Rights meetings, was bombed, killing 4 girls.

African-Americans Boycott Chicago Schools

Oct 22, 1963

President Johnson Rewards Bunche and Anderson Medal of Freedom

Dec 7, 1963