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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-OWH-01
In this interview Hill discusses working on John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] 1960 presidential campaign; the negative reaction to Lyndon B. Johnson as the vice-presidential candidate in the South and among African-Americans; difficulties for the Southern operations of the JFK campaign; getting the African-American vote in the South for JFK in the 1960 election; working with and around different civil rights groups and leaders in the 1960 campaign; other campaign staff members at the federal and state levels; attempts to solve the problem of discrimination in housing during JFK’s Administration; the Federal Housing Administration, including staff and directives and projects in the South; the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunities in Housing; and the 1962 executive order in housing, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-FAF-03
Forbes discusses creating and editing the Kennedy Convention Bulletin, his first days in Washington on the Housing and Home Finance Agency, and the White House regional conferences, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-05-21-D
AR37, ST24
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-07-01-F
ST27
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-329-6-63
Members of the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing meet in the Executive Office Building. Those pictured include: Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver (seated front row, far left); Philip Brownstein of the Farmers Home Administration (seated back row, far left); and Milton Semer of the HHFA (seated back row, second from left). Washington D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-329-4-63
Members of the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing meet in the Executive Office Building. Those pictured include: Chairman of the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing, David L. Lawrence (seated third from right); and Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver (seated far right). Washington D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-283-5-63
Members of the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing meet in the Executive Office Building. Those pictured include: Chairman of the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing, David L. Lawrence (seated at far end of table); Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver (seated right of Mr. Lawrence); Milton Semer, of the HHFA (far right, behind); and Administrator for the Veterans Administration, General John S. Gleason (seated with back to camera). Washington D.C. [Please see the President’s schedule for a complete list of attendees.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-283-4-63
Members of the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing meet in the Executive Office Building. Those pictured include: Chairman of the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing, David L. Lawrence (seated at head of table); Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver (third from right, seated at table); and Milton Semer, of the HHFA (seated at right, along far wall). Washington D.C. [Please see the President’s schedule for a complete list of attendees.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-283-2-63
Swearing-in of new members of the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing. Left to right: five unidentified men; Jack T. Conway, of the Industrial Union Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House, Herbert L. Miller (officiating); Chairman of the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing, David L. Lawrence; and Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver (seated); unidentified. Executive Office Building, Washington D.C. [Please see the President’s schedule for a complete list of attendees.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-283-1-63
President John F. Kennedy visits with members of the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing. Those pictured include: Chairman of the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing, David L. Lawrence (left of President Kennedy, partially hidden); assistant to the director of personnel of the Department of Agriculture, William Seabron (back row, fourth from right); Jack T. Conway, of the Industrial Union Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) (front row, third from right); Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver (back row, second from right); Philip Brownstein, of the Farmers Home Administration (far right in back row); and Administrator for the Veterans Administration, General John S. Gleason (front row, far right). Oval Office, White House, Washington D.C. [Please see the President’s schedule for a complete list of attendees.] [Horizontal line on bottom of image is original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7930-B
President John F. Kennedy visits with members of the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing. Those pictured include: Chairman of the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing, David L. Lawrence (left of President Kennedy, partially hidden); assistant to the director of personnel of the Department of Agriculture, William Seabron (back row, fourth from right); Jack T. Conway, of the Industrial Union Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) (front row, third from right); Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver, (back row, second from right); Philip Brownstein, of the Farmers Home Administration (back row, far right); and Administrator for the Veterans Administration, General John S. Gleason (front row, far right). Oval Office, White House, Washington D.C. [Please see the President’s schedule for a complete list of attendees.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7930-A
President John F. Kennedy visits with members of the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing. Those pictured include: Chairman of the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing, David L. Lawrence (left of President Kennedy, back row); assistant to the director of personnel of the Department of Agriculture, William Seabron (back row, third from right); Jack T. Conway, of the Industrial Union Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) (front row, second from right); and Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver (back row, far right). Oval Office, White House, Washington D.C. [Please see the President’s schedule for a complete list of attendees.]