Iron Clad Era in South Ends as Desegregation Spreads
In Alabama and South Carolina, white students will learn alongside Black peers for the first time in many grade schools and high schools. Mississippi remains resistant below college level. Governors and authorities pledge peaceful change despite threats and security measures.
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Don McKee
Atlanta
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Alabama
South Carolina
Mississippi
Henri Monteith
University of South Carolina
Duras
Birmingham
Mobile
Huntsville
Tuskegee
Ala
Charleston
Levees Stretch 800 Miles Along Mississippi in Louisiana
Louisiana guards an 800 mile network of levees along the Mississippi River. The extensive system supports flood protection and riverbank stability for thestate, with ongoing maintenance and monitoring activities by local and state agencies.
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Louisiana
Mississippi River
King outlines southern plans for desegregation push
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. announced a intensified desegregation drive in Danville Virginia Gadsden and Montgomery Alabama and Albany Georgia aiming to double the Negro vote. The campaign follows Birmingham model as SCLC leaders expand activities after six week drive that saw 2400 arrests including many schoolchildren with police using dogs and hoses.
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Texas
Virginia
Danville
New York
Martin Luther King, Jr
Gadsden
Montgomery
Ala
Albany
King
Birmingham
Southern Istian Leadership Conference
Gadsden Sues ABC and WGAD for Libel Over Mayor Quote
The City of Gadsden files a $1 million libel suit against ABC and WGAD claiming an on air report misquoted Mayor Lesley Gilliland as saying Civil rights is the wave that is sweeping the nation. The suit follows a mass Negro rally addressed by Marlon Brando and actors Paul Newman Virgil Frye and Anthony Franciosa at a local church.
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Gadsden, Ala
American Broadcasting Co
WGAD
Gadsden
Lesley Gilliland
Marlon Brando
Brando
Paul Newman
Virgil Frye
Anthony Franciosa
ABC
Gilliland
Science Circus Puzzles Demonstrate Air and Oxygen
A science demo uses two jars and candles to show how room air with about 20 percent oxygen sustains a flame longer than exhaled air, which has about 10 percent oxygen and 4 percent carbon dioxide. A 1963 book collects similar puzzles.
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Science Circus
General Features Corp
Post Labor Day Period Draws Mart Confidence
New York AP reports stock markets enter the Post Labor Day period with confidence after a fifth straight weekly advance. Dow hit a 1963 high at 729.32, up 6.18, while August totals surged. AP 60-stock average rose to 279.6. Bond prices fell and August corporate volume climbed to 106.7 million.
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