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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.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-008
Materials in this folder include petitions, 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 civil rights demonstrations, racially motivated violence, incidents of police misconduct, and desegregation of public facilities and educational institutions.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-007
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, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations, desegregation of educational institutions, and policies prohibiting discriminatory employment practices. The folder also contains copies of a statement on civil rights by Indiana Governor Matthew Welsh.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-006
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 civil rights demonstrations affiliated with the Albany Movement and the arrest of clergy members in Albany, Georgia, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Of note are telegrams to President Kennedy from Albany Movement leader Dr. William G. Anderson.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-005
Materials in this folder include telegrams, 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 civil rights demonstrations, incidents of racially motivated violence, a policy prohibiting separate funeral and burial service contracts for veterans of different races, and the arrest of clergy members in Albany, Georgia, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Of note is a telegram to President Kennedy from Dr. King.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-004
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, a newspaper article, 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 civil rights demonstrations, racially integrated housing, the activities of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and the arrest of clergy members in Albany, Georgia, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Of note is a telegram to President Kennedy from Dr. King.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-003
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 civil rights demonstrations and racially motivated violence in Albany, Georgia.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-002
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, 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 civil rights demonstrations, the administration’s policy of speaking appearances for segregated audiences, and the arrest of civil rights advocates in Albany, Georgia, including Reverend Ralph Abernathy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0374-005
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, press releases, 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, and racial segregation in educational institutions, with specific emphasis on schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia. The folder also contains a resolution passed by the Alabama House of Representatives commending Governor George Wallace.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0374-004
Materials in this folder include telegrams, 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 racially motivated violence and racial segregation in educational institutions, with specific emphasis on schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia and the admission of student James Meredith at the University of Mississippi.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0373-007
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of racial discrimination against visiting African diplomats and racial segregation of public facilities and accommodations, with specific emphasis on restaurants in Maryland.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0373-002
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, and individual citizens concerning housing initiatives in Washington, D.C., contested racial housing integration in Deerfield, Illinois, and Executive Order 11063, Equal Opportunity in Housing, prohibiting discrimination in federally assisted housing.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0373-001
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, a press release, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, and individual citizens concerning Executive Order 11063, Equal Opportunity in Housing, prohibiting discrimination in federally assisted housing.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0371-010
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 and racially integrated housing initiatives.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0371-008
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, press releases, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien, Congressional representatives, and individual citizens concerning Executive Order 11063, Equal Opportunity in Housing, prohibiting discrimination in federally assisted housing. The folder also contains reports on cases of discrimination against visiting African diplomats.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0371-006
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discrimination against visiting African diplomats, the activities of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, and a proposed executive order prohibiting discrimination in federally assisted housing (later issued as Executive Order 11063).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0606-015
This file contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports between Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, the Office of the Judge Advocate General at the Department of the Army, and various individuals regarding the court martial of United States Army private John Arthur Bennett. Of note are a report by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy regarding presidential pardons; appeals and a petition for clemency by Mr. Bennett; and letters of support for Mr. Bennett from family and friends.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-052-017
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning legislative activities and efforts to enact the Kennedy Administration's legislative program. Items include reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies and memoranda from Special Assistant Council to the President Lee C. White, Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation. Topics include tax reform, public works, international relations, youth employment, and the federal budget. The folder was originally titled "3/63 Public works, McNamara."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0428-025
This folder contains carbons of outgoing correspondence sent by Senator John F. Kennedy's office in 1955. These letters are addressed to individuals whose names begin with Y and Z.