#TBT: 1963 (We shall overcome)
School picture, circa 1963
In this same year, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech–a defining moment for the African-American Civil Rights movement; a church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama kills 4 African-American girls, fueling outrage; Pete Seeger’s “We Shall Overcome” strikes a chord with nonviolent activists; and the world mourns President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.