President Kennedy dispatches 400 U.S. marshals to protect Freedom Riders. Gov. John Patterson declares martial law after racial violence continues. Demonstrating against the arrest of seven Freedom Riders at the Central of Georgia Railroad Station, King among 700 arrested. 1962 National Security Agency initiates systematic data gathering on all war dissenters, under the doctrine that they are orchestrated from Moscow and Peking. Miss.- Thousands of students and segregationists riot at the University of Mississippi over the enrollment of its first black student, James Meredith.
King begins next major desegregation campaign.
Marches held daily. King is arrested April 12 on a march to city hall after defying a court injunction forbidding specifically marches led by King. On May 3 police attack the youths with high-pressure fire hoses and dogs. Despite pleas for non-violent demonstration, rioting continues through May 7 when a truce is declared. A settlement desegregating some city facilities announced May 10.