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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0364-004
Materials in this folder include correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, individual citizens, and school administrators concerning dropout prevention for high schools, desegregation of educational institutions, and racial relations in various cities.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0364-003
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, individual citizens, and school administrators concerning dropout prevention for high schools, desegregation of educational institutions, immigration and naturalization legislation, and racial discrimination in the United States military.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0364-002
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, individual citizens, and school administrators concerning dropout prevention for high schools, desegregation of educational institutions, immigration and naturalization legislation, and racial discrimination in the United States military.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0363-009
Materials in this folder include telegrams, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, individual citizens, and school administrators concerning racially motivated violence, dropout prevention for high schools, and desegregation of educational institutions.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0363-008
Materials in this folder include telegrams, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, individual citizens, and school administrators concerning racially motivated violence, pending civil rights legislation, dropout prevention for high schools, and desegregation of educational institutions.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0363-007
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, individual citizens, and school administrators concerning dropout prevention and desegregation of educational institutions.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0363-006
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various White House staff members, and individual citizens concerning racially motivated violence, incidents of discriminatory voting practices, immigration and naturalization legislation, the presence of African American photographers at President John F. Kennedy’s press conferences, allegations of discrimination in the Virginia State Bar Association, and commemorative events for the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0363-005
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning racially motivated violence, racial discrimination in the United States military, and a proposal for a National Intercultural Center.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0374-011
Materials in this folder include telegrams, petitions, memoranda, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of voter intimidation, the pending 23rd Amendment to the Constitution permitting citizens of Washington, D.C. to vote in federal elections, and the pending 24th Amendment to the Constitution prohibiting states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on the payment of a poll tax, and incidents of racially motivated violence, with specific emphasis on violence against voter registration workers in Mississippi.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-001
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations, incidents of discriminatory housing practices, policies prohibiting discriminatory employment practices, efforts by labor organizations to eliminate racial discrimination, and desegregation of public facilities and educational institutions in various cities.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0367-008
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations, incidents of police misconduct, desegregation of educational institutions, the use of military personnel to maintain public safety, and incidents of racially motivated violence, including the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Of note is a telegram to President Kennedy from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0367-004
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations, incidents of police misconduct, and racially motivated violence, including the bombing of the Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Of note are telegrams to the President from gospel singer Mahalia Jackson and baseball player Jackie Robinson (then the Vice President of Chock Full o’ Nuts).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0366-001
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning the desegregation of athletic activities, the White House Women’s Conference on Civil Rights, and President Kennedy’s meeting with religious leaders concerning the role of the religious community in civil rights initiatives.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0365-004
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning racially motivated violence, the activities of civil rights advocates in Southern states (often referred to as Freedom Riders), and the relocation of Southern African American families to Northern cities (an initiative known as “reverse freedom rides”).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0364-008
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning dropout prevention in educational institutions, pending civil rights legislation, immigration and naturalization legislation, anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union, discriminatory housing practices, civil rights efforts concerning American Indians, and racial relations in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0364-007
Materials in this folder include memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning racially motivated violence, pending civil rights legislation, efforts to provide equal employment opportunities for racial and ethnic groups, and psychological and sociological research concerning racial relations.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0364-006
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, individual citizens, and school administrators concerning desegregation of educational institutions, discriminatory employment practices, incidents of discrimination against Americans of Mexican descent, and the efforts of women and the Judicial Department in the administration’s civil rights efforts. The folder also contains a petition to the President demanding federal enactment and enforcement of a broad range of civil rights measures, including voting rights, use of public facilities, and equal employment opportunities.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0364-005
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, individual citizens, and school administrators concerning dropout prevention for high schools, desegregation of educational institutions, immigration and naturalization legislation, and racial discrimination in the United States military.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0371-005
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discriminatory employment practices, the activities of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, efforts by labor organizations to eliminate discriminatory employment practices, and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment. The folder also contains copies of The American Federalist, the magazine of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0371-004
Materials in this folder include a telegram, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations, incidents of discriminatory employment practices, and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment. The folder also contains a report entitled “The Study of Equal Employment Opportunities in Selected Industrial Plants” submitted by the Survey Research Center of the Institute of Social Research at the University of Michigan and the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0371-003
Materials in this folder include memoranda and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discriminatory employment practices.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0371-002
Materials in this folder include memoranda and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discriminatory employment practices, efforts by labor organizations to eliminate discriminatory employment practices, and racial relations in Birmingham, Alabama. The folder also contains a publication by the United Steelworkers of America entitled "1961-1962 Fair Employment Practices in Steel: A Story of Progress."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0371-001
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various White House staff members, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discriminatory employment practices and the efforts of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-008
Materials in this folder include a telegram, memoranda, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various White House staff members, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discriminatory employment practices, executive orders regarding the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, voter registration for Spanish-speaking citizens, efforts by defense contractors and labor organizations to eliminate discriminatory practices, and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment, with specific emphasis on African Americans. The folder also contains a copy of The American Federalist, the magazine of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), and a statement by Thomas E. Harris, Associate General Counsel of the AFL-CIO, before the General Subcommittee of the House Committee on Education and Labor concerning pending employment legislation.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-009
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning racially motivated violence, incidents of voter intimidation, desegregation at the University of Mississippi, and the use of military personnel to maintain public safety in Mississippi.