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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-01-23-A
AR31, ST19, KN29
Textual folder
Gerhard A. Gesell Personal Papers
GAGPP-001-008
This folder contains correspondence between members of the President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Services and Gerhard A. Gesell, Chair of the Committee, regarding the Committee's meetings. The folder also includes materials related to the Committee's work preparing a report for the President on segregation and discrimination against African American and Black individuals in the United States armed forces. Of note is correspondence with Whitney Young, Jr., Executive Director of the National Urban League.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C26220
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces. Left to right: attorney, Laurence I. Hewes; attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Nathaniel S. Colley; journalist and head of the Southern Regional Council’s Southern Leadership Project, Benjamin Muse; attorney and Committee Chairman, Gerhard Gesell; President Kennedy; Executive Director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young; Publisher of the Chicago Defender, John H. Sengstacke; and attorney, Abe Fortas. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Spots at top of image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C26219
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces. Left to right: attorney, Laurence I. Hewes; attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Nathaniel S. Colley; journalist and head of the Southern Regional Council’s Southern Leadership Project, Benjamin Muse; attorney and Committee Chairman, Gerhard Gesell; President Kennedy; Executive Director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young; Publisher of the Chicago Defender, John H. Sengstacke; and attorney, Abe Fortas. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-49-3-63
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces. Left to right: attorney, Laurence I. Hewes; attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Nathaniel S. Colley; journalist and head of the Southern Regional Council’s Southern Leadership Project, Benjamin Muse; attorney and Committee Chairman, Gerhard Gesell; President Kennedy; Executive Director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young; Publisher of the Chicago Defender, John H. Sengstacke; and attorney, Abe Fortas. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Scratches at top of image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-49-2-63
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces. Left to right: attorney, Laurence I. Hewes; attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Nathaniel S. Colley; journalist and head of the Southern Regional Council’s Southern Leadership Project, Benjamin Muse; attorney and Committee Chairman, Gerhard Gesell; President Kennedy; Executive Director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young; Publisher of the Chicago Defender, John H. Sengstacke; and attorney, Abe Fortas. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-49-1-63
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces. Left to right: attorney, Laurence I. Hewes; attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Nathaniel S. Colley; journalist and head of the Southern Regional Council’s Southern Leadership Project, Benjamin Muse; attorney and Committee Chairman, Gerhard Gesell; President Kennedy; Executive Director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young; Publisher of the Chicago Defender, John H. Sengstacke; and attorney, Abe Fortas. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7677-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces. Left to right: attorney, Laurence I. Hewes; attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Nathaniel S. Colley; journalist and head of the Southern Regional Council’s Southern Leadership Project, Benjamin Muse; attorney and Committee Chairman, Gerhard Gesell; President Kennedy; Executive Director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young; Publisher of the Chicago Defender, John H. Sengstacke; and attorney, Abe Fortas. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.