15 Dez 1960 Jahr - January 21 – A negro Air Force veteran, James Meredith, completes his
first application for admission to the all-white University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), at Oxford.
February 1 – James Farmer is
elected national director of the Congress of Racial Equality.
May 4 – The first Freedom Rides (which last for four weeks) begins in Washington, D.C., sparking violent white resistance in South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.
President Kennedy sends federal marshals to protect demonstrators .