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1961 (30 images)



WAP870112211 - 2 AUGUST 1961 - HAVANA, CUBA: Cuban leader Fidel Castro (L) and Major Ernesto "Che" Guevara wait to board a plane for Montevideo, Uruguay. Guevara was killed in Bolivia on October 8, 1967. UPI
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Albany, Georgia: Blacks protesting the hearing of 11 "Freedom Riders" here on December 12, 1961 march around the City Hall, singing hymns and shouting their desire for "freedom." Police halted them the second time around and informed them, they were under arrest. They were charged with disorderly conduct. (UPI Photo/Files)
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Mayor Asa Kelley pleads with black demonstrators in front of City Hall in Albany, GA, on December 13, 1961 to disperse and resort to proper legal methods.(UPI Photo/Files)
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Police officers order black demonstrators into an alleyway before shuttling them into the police station here in Albany, Georgia, on December 12th, 1961. Over 300 blacks marched the City Hall in the protest against the Hearing for Freedom Riders. (UPI PHOTO)
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