Stars congratulate Bob Hope on his 60th birthday salute. Testimonials from Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.
Included are excerpts from old broadcasts 7/43, 8/43, 8/44.
Bob also marks his 25th year with NBC. 

Host: Hugh Downs.                                       

Topic:  Mayor Arthur J. Haines speaks out on the racial crisis.

Special: WRVR radio broadcast from Riverside Church in New York. White southerners of Birmingham, Alabama speak out against integration with Negroes. 

This is the fifth of six reports, "Birmingham, Alabama: A Testament in Non-Violence."                                                               

Kenneth Clark interviews Black Muslim leader Malcolm X.                                       

Live radio coverage of the meeting of the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama. Grand Wizard John Shelton speaks.   

Live coverage over WRVR radio in New York City.          

BBC report on the British spy William Vassall who spied for the Soviet Union under the pressure of blackmail and lack of security, conservatives face a crisis in the coming election.                                      

A comedy satire about Premier Nikita Khrushchev of Russia and his family.                                       

President John F. Kennedy gives the commencement address at American University in Washington, DC. 

Topic: Foreign Policy. 

                                     

Topics: Today's crisis Alabama Governor George Wallace stands at the door to bar negro admittance to Alabama University, President Kennedy talks about civil rights.  
Report from NBC newsman Robert Abernathy. Ray Scherer and Herbert Kaplow report from Washington, DC.                        

President John F. Kennedy talks about today's Alabama crisis.            

Pat O'Brien hosts this special on Babe Ruth's public and private life. 

NOTE: For additional Pat O'Brien titles SEARCH using spelling 
without the apostrophe:   

Pat OBrien                       

On June 11tb, 1963, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy addressed the nation on the most pressing domestic issue of the day; the struggle to affirm civil rights for all Americans. His administration had sent National Guard troops to accompany the first black students admitted to the University Of Mississippi and the University of Alabama. In the speech, Kennedy announced that he would be sending civil rights legislation to Congress; that legislation was passed following his death and signed into law by President Lyndon Baines Johnson.    

Excerpts of speech on civil rights given by President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. 

"It ought to be possible for American students of any color to attend any public institution they select without having to be backed up by troops."     

"It ought to be possible for American consumers of any color to receive equal service in places of public accommodation, such as hotels and restaurants, and theaters and retail stores, without being forced to resort to public demonstrations in the streets, and it ought to be possible for American citizens of any color to register and vote in a free election without interference of fear of reprisal."

"It ought to be possible in short, for every American to enjoy the privileges of being American without regard to his race or his color. In short, every American ought to have the right to be treated as one would wish his children to be treated. But this is not the case. We are confronted primarily with a moral issue. It is as old as the scriptures and is as clear as the American Constitution."  

"Ths heart of the question is whether all Americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities. If an American because his skin is dark cannot eat lunch in a restaurant open to the public, if he cannot send his children to the best public school available, if he cannot vote for the public officials who represent him, if, in short, he cannot enjoy the full and free life which all of us want, then who among us would be content to have the color of his skin changed and stand in his place?"

"One hundred years of delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves, yet their heirs, their grandsons, are not fully free. 

"Those who do nothing are inviting shame as well as violence.
Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality." 

President John Fitzgerald Kennedy 

June 11th, 1963. 





                                                      

On June 12th, 1963, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot to death by a lone assassin, Byron De La Beckwith. Evers, a decorated US Army combat veteran who had served in WW II, was engaged in efforts to overturn segregation at the University  of Mississippi, end the segregation of public facilities, and expand opportunities for African Americans including the enforcement of voting rights.     
Evers became active in the civil rights movement in the 1950s. In 1963, he was awarded the NAACP Springarn Medal. 
On June 12th, 1963, Evers was murdered at his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Byron De La Beckwith. De La Beckwith was a member of the White Citizens Council in Jackson. This group was formed in 1954 to resist integration of schools and civil rights activism. Evers was buried with full military honors at Arlington National  Cemetery. Although all-white juries failed to reach verdicts in Beckwith's first two trials, he was convicted of the murder in 1994 based on new evidence.                                                  

Live WNEW radio coverage of the "Cleopatra" movie premiere at the Rivoli Theatre on Broadway. William B. Williams interviews "Cleopatra" director Joseph Mankiewicz. Williams also interviews Mrs. Dorothy Williams, (the wife of William B. Williams), Joan Fontaine, Roddy McDowall, Michael Rennie, and Red Buttons. Actress Ilka Chase reviews "Cleopatra." Following the film, Williams speaks to Rex Harrison who spent eight months on the film, and William's wife Dorothy.                                                                                         

The Senate Sub-Committee on Un-American Activities (1955-1956)
investigation of Pacifica radio as a possible front.
             

The Supreme Court decision on the Bible and prayer.  

Host: Frank McGee.                        

A CBS News special on the racial crisis in Harlem.            

President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy try to ward off racial demonstrations, a report on the recent Russian space fete, South Vietnam Buddhists riot against discrimination by the Catholic Saigon government, John Profumo regrets scandal issue.            

      The Edie Adams Show, an Emmy Award winning SPECIAL, was a pilot for future Edie Adam's monthly SPECIALS...a total of eight half hour broadcasts were televised on ABC television, premiering October 23, 1962, followed by broadcasts on December 13, 1962, January 20, 1963, February 26, 1963, March 17, 1963, April 19, 1963, May 28, 1963, June 18, 1963 and called "Here's Edie." 

8th and final "HERE'S EDIE" SPECIAL of the 1962-1963 television season.     

Following his narrow victory over Doug Jones in Madison Square Garden in New York City, Cassius Clay (before he changed his name to Muhammad Ali) meets British heavyweight Henry Cooper at Wembley Stadium in London, England. Following a fourth-round knockdown in which Clay was nearly knocked out, he came back in the fifth round to score a TKO over Cooper as the referee stopped the fight.                         

Britain's government crisis, the John Profumo sex-scandal.            

An ABC special report on President Kennedy's first day trip thru Cologne, Germany, and his reception by high-government officials are reported. Additional commentary by Ron Cochran, William H. Lawrence, and Louis Cloffi.  

Anchor: Richard Bate.                                     

Second-day coverage of President John F. Kennedy's trip to Germany. Also, "Harlem" will there be racial violence this summer?             

Comments by negro leaders such as The Rev. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and James Baldwin.

Moderator: Dr. Kenneth Clark.                                       

A special report on President John F. Kennedy's third day in Germany.             

An NBC News Special Report on President Kennedy's fourth day of his trip to Germany. He also visits Berlin and at the wall gives a speech.                                                   

A CBS News special, the coronation of Pope Paul VI.             

A special report on President Kennedy's trip thru Ireland and England.            

An open split between Red China and Russia is possible, the coronation of Pope Paul VI.             

A special report on President John F. Kennedy's trip to Italy.             

A special on negro discrimination.            

A special about the problems with mail-order guns.            

An editorial on negro discrimination.              

The Life of the First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy is profiled.            

A live discussion between former President Eisenhower in the US, Eden in London, Monnet from Brussels, and Von Brentano from Bonn-all via Telestar 11 and moderated by Walter Cronkite.                                                                 

The cast of the original off-Broadway hit presents two hours of improvisations and sketches based on life in general and current events. The players Theodore J. Flicker, Thomas Aldredge, Joan Darling, and James J. Frawley, hardly leave a stone untouched, as they satirize everything from movies ("West Side Story" and "David and Lisa") to Caroline Kennedy. Skits include a southern tourist in Germany, love on the subway, and astronauts discussing old radio shows, David Susskind hosts.                                                   

WABC RADIO lead in by Bruce Morrow prior to coverage of 
a first round KO of Floyd Patterson by Sonny Liston broadcast live from the convention center in Las Vegas over WABC Radio in New York. Heard is a 15 minute Special Preview boxing pre-fight show with Howard Cosell who interviews Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston and Challenger, Floyd Patterson. They give their views on how the fight will turn out.  Predictions of who will win this rematch World Heavyweight Championship fight by sports columnists at ringside, Arthur Daley, Shirley Povich, Al Abrams, Bill Hines, Dick Peebles, Nat Fleischer, Jack Hand, George Whiting, Angelo Dundee, and Jim Bishop, the only one who predicts a Patterson victory. Howard Cosell is at ringside along with Les Keiter who does the blow-by-blow reporting with commentary from Rocky Marciano. Jack McCarthy announces the fighters. Mickey Allen sings the National Anthem. Number 2 contender Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) mocks Sonny Liston at ringside and in the ring. The three knockdown first round is broadcast. Extensive interviews with Joe Louis, and Rocky Marciano. Additional comments from Billy Conn and Lou Nova. Howard Cosell interviews Patterson, Cus D'amato and Liston after the fight, who discusses a possible upcoming fight with Cassius Clay in September. Les Keiter summarizes the fight. Replay of the first round. Keiter interviews Joe Louis who feels that Clay will give Liston a better fight, but cannot beat him. From the Gold Room, Sonny Liston meets the Press and answers questions.
Additional commentary by Howard Cosell and Rocky Marciano who states that Patterson should retire from the ring. Les Keiter interviews former Heavyweight Lou Nova. Sign off.                                                                                          

The Las Vegas Convention Center is the host for the second Sonny Liston vs. Floyd Patterson world heavyweight championship fight. Pre-fight comments by Howard Cosell, predictions by newspapermen and former fighters Lou Nova, Joe Louis, and Billy Conn, comments by Sonny Liston and Floyd Patterson. As in their first fight, Liston knocks out Patterson in the first round to retain his world heavyweight crown.                                     

President John F. Kennedy addresses the nation on the signing of the nuclear test ban treaty.             

Topic: The meaning of the nuclear test ban treaty.            

President John F. Kennedy holds a news conference.             

Comedy from Carl Reiner and Jonathan Winters.            

WNEW Disc jockey William B. Williams is the host of this special news report broadcast from the SALUTE TO FREEDOM FLIGHT in the air headed with celebrities toward, the first integrated LIVE entertainment show in segregated  Birmingham, Alabama.

Joey Adams, president of AGVA addresses those on the plane relating the logistics that all will be involved, including the many adversities and challenges putting this show on...including redress from the KKK. The primary purpose of this event is to allow the country to believe in Freedom For All. 

WNEW's Billy Taylor and William B. Williams interview celebrities on the plane as it heads for The Miles University Stadium where the concert will be held later that night. 
Those expressing why they have decided to join this historical protest, only two weeks prior to Dr. Martin Luther King's March on Washington rally in Washington D.C. are Al Birney, Johnny Mathis and Joe Louis. 

Reporting live from The Miles University Stadium just prior to the beginning of the show is WNEW's  Richard Marcin. 

Guests are Joe Louis, Joey Adams, Johnny Mathis, others.                         

Nicholas Luard co-founder of the iconic comet night club, THE ESTABLISHMENT, is interviewed. 

David Frost, performer, contributes commentary and skits related to the topic of "Class Society" in the UK.
One of the earliest radio/television appearances in the United States by David Frost contributing a special filming for a specific broadcast.

 The Establishment was a London nightclub which opened in October 1961, at 18 Greek Street, Soho and which became known in retrospect for satire although at the time was a venue more commonly booking jazz acts and used for other events. It was founded by Peter Cook and Nicholas Luard, both of whom were also important in the history of the magazine Private Eye. The name "The Establishment" is a play on the meaning of "establishment" as in "institution," i.e. the club itself, and the broader definition meaning the prevailing social order of the time, which the satirists who founded, funded and performed at the club typically undermined.

The venue allowed the opportunity for budding comedians and satirists to perform new material in a nightclub setting, outside the jurisdiction of the Lord Chamberlain, whose censorship of language and content was a problem for many performers. Some who appeared included Lenny Bruce in 1962 (subsequently banned from entering the UK a year later), Barry Humphries (as Edna Everage), and musically, The Dudley Moore Trio. The Establishment, a tie-in album of comedy routines and sketches featuring John Bird, John Fortune, Eleanor Bron and Jeremy Geidt, was released on the Parlophone label in 1963.

The Establishment in London closed in 1964.                                                  

An ABC special report on the "Civil Rights Crisis."  
Ron Cochran reports. The first of five programs. 

The Negro drive to turn rights into realities is the subject of five half-hour weekly reports. Ron Cochran is the anchor man in New York City. Other newsmen reporting: John Rolfson, Richard Bate, Roger Sharp. 

In tonight's program, "CHRONOLOGY OF CRISIS," a brief history of Negro life in the US.is followed by an outline of civil rights developments since World War 2 that led up to the present. situation. 

From his home in Atlanta Martin Luther King is interviewed by correspondent Roger Sharp. Others interviewed on this program  include Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, Atlanta publisher Ralph McGill, and Dr. Kenneth Clark, New York psychologist. 

Also included: An ad for "Hootenanny."                                                               

The story of a marine drill instructor who trains recruits.              

July 8th, 1963-September 9th, 1963 (ABC)

Half-hour summer replacement series hosted by George Fenneman in which amateur filmmakers presented their films on network television.
The accent was on comedy rather than artistry.