9 September 1957
Civil Rights Act of 1957 Signed
Signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first federal civil-rights law enacted since Reconstruction.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Newport in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first federal civil-rights law enacted since Reconstruction.
Meets Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus for two hours over the Little Rock school integration crisis.
President Kennedy announced that he intended to appoint McCone to succeed Allen Dulles as Director of Central Intelligence.
Helps bring Dylan to a wider folk audience at Newport.
Performs at Newport Folk Festival during his folk breakthrough.
Performs electric material at Newport Folk Festival.
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