King speaks at Chicago benefit for SCLC and meets Mayor Daley.

May 27, 1963
King speaks at Chicago benefit for SCLC and meets Mayor Daley.

Accompanied by RDA, King addresses an overflow crowd in Chicago's Arie Crown Theater for an evening SCLC benefit organized by Mahalia Jackson. Earlier he gave a news conference and visited Mayor Richard Daley in his office.

May

1963

Major Events

May 1, 1963
King returns to Birmingham for new demonstrations

May 2, 1963
The Children’s Crusade begins in Birmingham

May 3, 1963
Hundreds of black children gather at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church for second march

May 5, 1963
King delivers Birmingham version of ‘’Paul’s Letter to American Christians’’ at EBC

May 9, 1963
King criticizes lack of Federal intervention, reaches agreement on 3 movement demands

May 13, 1963
King urges blacks to stay nonviolent

May 16, 1963
King found guilty of violating city injunction

May 20, 1963
The U.S. Supreme court finds segregation ordinances unconstitutional, making sit-ins legal

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