January 1, 1964 to February 1, 1964

  1. Supreme Court Orders the Desegregation of Prince Edward County Schools

    Date(s): January 6, 1964 Location: Prince Edward County, Virginia Tag(s): Education, integration, Civil Rights Movement 

    On January 6, 1964, the Supreme Court ruled that public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia must integrate.  This decision came in the case Griffin V. School Board of Prince Edward County where Reverend L. Francis Griffin sued the school board for closing all public schools in the area so they would not have to integrate.  Instead, white students attended private school or school...

  2. From Agriculture to Technology

    Date(s): January 1, 1964 Location: Alameda, California Tag(s): nursery, Technology, Agriculture, Fremont, Silicon Valley 

    In late 1964, the California Nursery Company was getting ready to celebrate the company’s 100th anniversary. The Vallejo Adobe had been moved onto the grounds of the nursery and was restored to be used as a meeting room. There were big plans to expand, and construction was beginning on a new section of the nursery. The California Nursery Company was one of the most successful and well-known...

  3. Hattiesburg Mississippi

    Date(s): January 1, 1964 to February 1, 1964 Location: Hattiesburg Mississippi Tag(s): Freedom Day, Hattiesburg 

    In January 1964 300 citizens protested at the Forest County Courthouse to demand the right to vote in Hattiesburg Mississippi[1]. They wanted to force the Country Registrar to register Black Americans. The protestors were joined by 51 minsters from out of state, united under the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO). The article explains that it was the first time in Mississippi where the police...

  4. Leary, Metzner, and Alpert Instruct LSD Initiates on How to Achieve a Successful “Psychedelic Session”

    Date(s): 1964 Location: New York, New York Tag(s): Psychology, Counterculture, Drug Culture, Religion 

    In 1964, psychologists Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, and Richard Alpert published The Psychedelic Experience, a manual intended to prepare the users of psychedelic drugs for sessions. The authors had researched the therapeutic aspects of psychedelic substances, as well as their religious possibilities. The book is heavily influenced by the Tibetan Book of the Dead, (also known...

  5. Braceros: the lead up to Operation Wetback

    Date(s): April 4, 1942 to January 1, 1964 Location: Toronto, Canada Tag(s): Bracero Program, Operation Wetback, Public law 78, Mexican workers 

    Braceros and American agricultural workers finally had a government act on their side. It was July 13, 1951 and President Truman had approved (S. 984), also known as public law 78. This would mean the enforcement of better living and working conditions for all farm workers whether foreign or domestic. (S. 984) would also allow for fixed pay, government sponsored transportation and recruitment, and...