In response to an open letter written by white clergymen, Martin Luther King Jr
In response to an open letter written by white clergymen, Martin Luther King Jr
16 events found for 1963
In response to an open letter written by white clergymen, Martin Luther King Jr
A refusal by the Bristol Omnibus Company and the Transport and General Workers' Union to permit the employment of black
Police in Birmingham, Alabama, used high-pressure water hoses and dogs against civil-rights protesters, bringing scrutin
In Huế, South Vietnam, soldiers opened fire into a crowd of Buddhists protesting against a government ban on the flying
African Americans rioted in Birmingham, Alabama, in response to two bombings, perceiving local police to be complicit wi
American singer Bob Dylan (pictured) released The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, his first album to include a significant numbe
Buddhist crisis: A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination was held outside the National Assembly of South Vietnam i
Buddhist crisis: South Vietnamese soldiers attacked Buddhist protesters in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear gas gren
The arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini for publicly denouncing Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi sparked protests in Iran
British politician John Profumo admitted that he had lied to the House of Commons about his involvement in a sex scandal
Vietnamese monk Thích Quảng Đức burned himself to death in Saigon to protest the persecution of Buddhists by Catholic So
The University of Alabama was desegregated as Governor George Wallace stepped aside after defiantly blocking the entranc
The premiere was held in New York of the historical drama film Cleopatra, the most expensive film made to that point
Aboard Vostok 6, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (pictured) became the first woman in space
Riots broke out in Saigon one day after the signing of the Joint Communiqué, an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis i