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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KGH-03
In this interview Heath discusses the Office of Education during the transition from President Dwight D. Eisenhower to President John F. Kennedy [JFK]; JFK’s task force for education; problems when a new leader comes in; working with Congress; the National Defense Education Act and other education legislation; JFK and the Church-State issue in education; Abraham A. Ribicoff as Secretary of HEW; leadership within the Office of Education; Anthony J. Celebrezze as Secretary of HEW; Wilbur Cohen in HEW; reorganization of HEW; various education projects; new HEW programs under JFK and President Lyndon B. Johnson; the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and how it intersected with education programs; and the transformation in how Americans viewed education, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WJC-02
Cohen discusses Health, Education, and Welfare Secretaries Abraham Alexander Ribicoff and Anthony J. Celebrezze, Estes Kefauver’s drug bill, and John F. Kennedy’s civil rights message of 1963, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-21-B
ST08
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-68-3-62
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair at left) meets with presidents of Negro Colleges and United Negro College Fund (UNCF) officials in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Clockwise from left: President Kennedy; Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff; Dr. Frederick D. Patterson, President Emeritus of Tuskegee Institute; Dr. Stephen J. Wright, President of Fisk University; William J. Trent, Jr., Executive Director of the UNCF; and Dr. Albert W. Dent, President of Dillard University.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-68-2-62
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair at right) meets with presidents of Negro Colleges and United Negro College Fund (UNCF) officials in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Seated on sofa, facing the camera (L-R): Dr. Luther H. Foster, President of Tuskegee Institute and President of the UNCF; Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, President of Morehouse College; William J. Trent, Jr., Executive Director of the UNCF; and Dr. Albert W. Dent, President of Dillard University. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff (mostly hidden at far left edge of image) sits to the left of President Kennedy.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-68-1-62
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair at right) meets with presidents of Negro Colleges and United Negro College Fund (UNCF) officials in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Seated on sofa, facing the camera (L-R): Dr. Luther H. Foster, President of Tuskegee Institute and President of the UNCF; Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, President of Morehouse College; William J. Trent, Jr., Executive Director of the UNCF; and Dr. Albert W. Dent, President of Dillard University. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff sits to the left of President Kennedy.