Video: 'July 13, 1965 | LBJ Press Conference'
(Tuesday, July 13, 1965, 1:00 p.m. EDT) — President Lyndon B. Johnson today nominated Judge Thurgood Marshall to become the first African-American U.S. Solicitor General, the person appointed to represent the federal government before the U.S. Supreme Court. Continue reading Judge Thurgood Marshall named first African-American U.S. Solicitor General 60 years ago this hour (July 13 1965)
Video: 'Mississippi Burning Trial: Civil Rights Workers Murders - Edgar Ray Killen Day 6 - Verdict (2005)'
(Tuesday, June 21, 2005, just after noon CDT) — Forty-one years to the day after three civil rights workers (Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney) were beaten and shot to death in Mississippi, Edgar Ray Killen, an 80-year-old former Ku Klux Klansman, was found guilty today of manslaughter. Continue reading Former Klansman guilty of manslaughter in 1964 ‘Mississippi burning’ deaths 20 years ago this hour (June 21 2005)
Video: 'Aristides 1875 (The Oliver Lewis Story)'
(Monday, May 17, 1875) — The first Kentucky Derby was run today in front of an estimated crowd of 10,000 people; the winner was a colt named Aristides, ridden by Oliver Lewis and trained by former slave Ansel Williamson. Continue reading Aristides wins first Kentucky Derby 150 years ago today (May 17 1875)
(Saturday, March 27, 1965) — “People Get Ready” by The Impressions peaked today at #14 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘People Get Ready’ by The Impressions peaks at #14 in USA 60 years ago today (Mar 27 1965)
Video: 'Statement on the Arrest of 4 KKK Members, 3/26/65.MP551.'
(Friday, March 26, 1965, 12:40 p.m. EST; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — U.S. President Lyndon Johnson Johnson declared war on the Ku Klux Klan today after announcing the arrest of four Klansmen in connection with the slaying last night of Viola Liuzzo, a white mother of five from Detroit who had come to Alabama to support voting rights for blacks, while she was ferrying marchers back to Selma from Montgomery. Continue reading Johnson opens fight on Klan after FBI seizes 4 members for Liuzzo murder 60 years ago this hour (Mar 26 1965)
Video: 'Eyes On The Prize - (Part 6) Bridge to Freedom 1965' (Mar. 21, 1965, at 45:46)
(Sunday, March 21, 1965, 12:48 p.m. CST; during the Civil rights movement) — Protected by federal and federalized troops, civil rights demonstrators led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began their successful march out of Selma today. Continue reading Freedom march begins at Selma, troops on guard 60 years ago this hour (Mar 21 1965)
Video: 'President Lyndon Johnson Address Voting Rights, Mar 15 1965'
(Monday, March 15, 1965, 9:02 p.m. EST; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — In a powerful address to a joint session of Congress, President Lyndon B. Johnson tonight called for new legislation to guarantee the right to vote for all Americans, following the violence in Selma, Alabama. Continue reading U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares ‘we shall overcome’ in historic address calling for voting rights for all 60 years ago this hour (Mar 15 1965)
Video: 'The 1965 murder of James Reeb'
(Tuesday, March 9, 1965; approximately 7:30 p.m. CST; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — The Rev. James Reeb, a white minister from Boston who’d gone to Selma, Alabama, to show support for civil rights marchers, was fatally attacked today by a group of white men and struck on the head (Reeb died two days later on March 11, 1965, at age 38). Continue reading White minister supporting civil rights fatally beaten by whites in Selma 60 years ago this hour (Mar 9 1965)
Video: 'Eyes On The Prize - (Part 6) Bridge to Freedom 1965' (Mar. 7, 1965, at 19:46)
(Sunday, March 7, 1965, during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — Alabama state troopers and volunteer officers of the Dallas County sheriff’s office tore through a column of unarmed African-American demonstrators with tear gas, nightsticks and whips at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma today to enforce Gov. George C. Wallace’s order against a protest march from Selma to Montgomery. Continue reading Alabama police use gas, clubs to rout civil rights demonstrators on ‘Bloody Sunday’ 50 years ago today (Mar 7 1965)
(Saturday, March 6, 1965) — “A Change Is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke peaked today at #31 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for one week (less than three months after he was fatally shot Dec. 11, 1964). Continue reading ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ by Sam Cooke peaks at #31 in USA 60 years ago today (Mar 6 1965)
