94840 Diego Gomez 1963_PROOF

June 1st, ‘A Bunny’s Tale part 2’ reveals the ‘bunny’ costume cause serious health concerns, from dramatic weight loss, to numbing of the legs, fallen arches, welts & exhaustion.

June 10th, Gadsden, Alabama.

A peaceful protest. two dozen african american youths picket two theaters & several stores - There was no violence or arrests on this day.

JUNE 4th, Playboy Chief, Hugh Hefner, is arrested for “publishing & distributing an ”obscene magazine " with June’s Jayne Mansfield issue. Trial Ends in Hung Jury.

John F. Kennedy delivers his speech, " a Strategy of Peace " at American University in Washington, D.C. & invites Dorothy Height, president of the National Council of Negro Women to the signing of ‘The Equal Pay Act of 1963’ to " prohibit discrim ination on account of sex in the payment of wages by employers. "

June 11th, Saigon, vietnam. Buddhist monk Thích Qu ả ng Ð ứ c commits self immolation to protest the oppression of Buddhists.

Governor George Wallace prevents Vivian Malone & James Hood from registering at the university of Alabama, the last all-white state school.

June 12th, Cleopatra is released in theatres.

General Henry V. Graham gets wallace to stand down & the students register.

Nina Simone’s " Mississippi Goddam” is inspired, in part, by the events of this day.

June 12th, after Medgar Evers sued to desegregate Jackson, Mississippi schools, KKK & ‘White Citizens Council’ member Byron De La Beckwith shoots evers in the back with a rifle.

June 15th, mourners march to the funeral. Medgar is

survived by his widow, Myrlie Evers & their 3 children.

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