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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0367-007
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning racially motivated violence, incidents of police misconduct, desegregation of the University of Alabama, and the assassination of civil rights advocate William L. Moore. The folder also contains resolutions passed by the Alabama and Louisiana Houses of Representatives commending Alabama Governor George Wallace’s actions.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0367-002
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning racially motivated violence and the presence of the United States Marshals in Alabama, with specific emphasis on the cities of Birmingham and Montgomery. The folder also contains a report from the United States Information on international reactions to racial incidents in Alabama.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0366-002
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, press releases, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Alabama Governor George Wallace, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning racially motivated violence in Birmingham, civil rights demonstrations in Montgomery, desegregation of Alabama public schools, and incidents of obstruction of justice. The folder also includes a transcript of a meeting between Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Governor Wallace. Of note are telegrams 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-0365-003
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between various members of the White House staff concerning the housing of Southern African American families relocated to Northern cities (an initiative known as “reverse freedom rides”). The folder also contains a transcript of a meeting between Assistant United States Attorney General Byron White, Alabama Governor John Patterson, State Attorney General McDonald Gallion, and State Director of Public Safety Floyd Mann concerning racial relations and public safety in Alabama.