It was not one of Rochester’s finest hours. On the evening of Aug. 22, 1963, a small group of people staged a civil rights march through downtown Rochester. The 28 marchers — 23 whites and 15 Blacks — ...

On August 28, 1963, approximately 250,000 people from all over the country gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to protest racial discrimination and injustice. The 1963 March on ...

The date: Aug. 28, 1963. The time: 3:01 p.m. Eastern. The length: 16 minutes. The description: A grand slam of a speech. The date is when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his game-changing "I Have a ...

On Tuesday in Washington, D.C., the four girls killed in the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Ala., posthumously received the Congressional Gold Medal. The recognition comes ...

The year 1963 was a watershed moment in the Civil Rights Movement. The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four young Black girls, fire hoses and dogs were used against peaceful protesters, ...

Months before four little girls were killed in a Birmingham, Ala., church bombing that helped turn the tide of the civil rights movement in 1963, their friends and classmates bravely took to the ...

In the summer of 1963, civil rights advocates made significant strides in breaking segregated barriers here in Maryland and nationally. Black Baltimoreans, interfaith leaders and allies were ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — As thousands of marchers made their way to the nation’s capital in August 1963 for what was officially billed as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Maria Varela ...

The Civil Rights Bill was sent to the House Rules Committee in Nov. 1963. Chariman Howard Smith, D-Va., refused to grant a rule for the bill's debate on the floor. Smith was a segregationist. He ...

Find part 2 of our conversation with Peniel Joseph here. The year 1963 was a watershed moment in the Civil Rights Movement. The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four young Black girls, ...