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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AJB-02
Biemiller discusses the Kennedy and Johnson administrations’ legislative records, particularly on labor issues; specific issues and pieces of legislation; civil rights; and the labor movement’s relationship with the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RB-01
Batson discusses John F. Kennedy's (JFK) senate and presidential campaigns, disappointment over JFK’s civil rights record, and the 1962 Senate race between Edward Moore Kennedy and Edward J. McCormack, Jr., among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-SSB-01
Booker discusses African Americans’ disappointment with and distrust of John F. Kennedy (JFK) due to his lack of action on civil rights in Congress; his experience with the 1960 Kennedy-for-President campaign, JFK and Robert F. Kennedy's awareness of civil rights during the Presidency.
Textual folder
Herbert E. Tucker Personal Papers
HTPP-001-009
This folder contains material related to John F. Kennedy's 1960 Presidential campaign and the Democratic National Convention, including correspondence related to civil rights and Black voter outreach; advice and suggestions for other members of the campaign staff from Herbert Tucker and Marjorie McKenzie Lawson, Director of the Civil Rights Division of Kennedy's campaign; schedules; press releases; and a contact list for the state coordinators of the campaign's Civil Rights Division.
Textual folder
Herbert E. Tucker Personal Papers
HTPP-001-007
This folder contains material related to John F. Kennedy's 1960 Presidential campaign and the Democratic National Convention. Materials include correspondence related to civil rights, Black voters, and Black delegates; Herbert Tucker's advice and suggestions for other members of the campaign staff regarding the Convention; a memorandum written by Marjorie McKenzie Lawson, Director of the Civil Rights Division of Kennedy's campaign, regarding outreach to Black delegates at the Convention; and tickets for Convention sessions.
Textual folder
Herbert E. Tucker Personal Papers
HTPP-001-006
This folder contains correspondence to and from Herbert Tucker related to civil rights issues and John F. Kennedy's 1960 Presidential campaign, including Tucker's advice and suggestions to other members of the campaign staff regarding Black voter outreach; a statement by members of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; and planning materials for the Democratic National Convention.
Textual folder
Herbert E. Tucker Personal Papers
HTPP-001-005
This folder contains newspaper clippings covering civil rights issues and events during John F. Kennedy's 1960 Presidential campaign.
Textual folder
Herbert E. Tucker Personal Papers
HTPP-001-004
This folder contains materials related to civil rights issues and John F. Kennedy's 1960 Presidential campaign, including Ohio's Black voter registration statistics; contact lists; a summary of Kennedy's meeting with the Michigan delegation on civil rights; handwritten notes by Herbert Tucker; and summaries of Kennedy's Congressional actions and speeches related to civil rights. Of note is a transcript of John F. Kennedy's interview with Percival L. Prattis, editor of the Pittsburgh Courier, regarding civil rights policies.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-HGB-01
Belafonte discusses the development of his political awareness, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and others in the civil rights movement, and collaboration and conflict with John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, among other issues.