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JFKWHP-AR7492-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the United Negro College Fund in the Oval Office. Left to right: Chairman of the Board of Directors of Waddell and Reed, Inc., Chauncey L. Waddell; investment banker from New Orleans, Louisiana, Edgar B. Stern, Jr.; President of the United Negro College Fund and President of the Tuskegee Institute, Luther H. Foster; Editor of The Atlantic Monthly, Edward A. "Ted" Weeks; Headmaster of the Commonwealth Schools of Boston, Massachusetts, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, Charles Merrill, Jr.; former Vice President and General Counsel of the Ford Motor Company, William T. Gossett; President Kennedy; Executive Director of the United Negro College Fund, William J. Trent, Jr.; President of the Phelps-Stokes Fund and Founder of the United Negro College Fund of New York, Frederick D. Patterson; Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Tuskegee Institute, Basil O'Connor. White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7415-F
President John F. Kennedy visits with delegates to the American Indian Chicago Conference; Chief Calvin W. McGhee, of the Creek Nation East of the Mississippi, stands at left. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President's schedule for a complete list of attendees.] [Ink bleed-through across top portion of image is original to the file print.]
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JFKWHP-AR7415-D
President John F. Kennedy visits with delegates to the American Indian Chicago Conference; Kathitha Addison, of the Narragansett Nation, stands at left. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President's schedule for a complete list of attendees.]
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JFKWHP-AR7415-B
President John F. Kennedy visits with delegates to the American Indian Chicago Conference; Dennis Bushyhead, of the Cherokee Nation (at microphones), delivers remarks for the occasion. Left to right: Chief Calvin W. McGhee, of the Creek Nation East of the Mississippi; unidentified (in back); President Kennedy; unidentified; Mr. Bushyhead; White House Secret Service agent, Tom Behl; Kathitha Addison, of the Narragansett Nation; Executive Director of the National Congress of American Indians, Robert Burnette, of the Rosebud Sioux Nation (in back). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President's schedule for a complete list of attendees.]
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JFKWHP-AR7415-A
President John F. Kennedy visits with delegates to the American Indian Chicago Conference. Left to right (in foreground): Eleanor Red Fawn Smooth, of the Mohawk and Cherokee Nations; President Kennedy; Chief Calvin W. McGhee, of the Creek Nation East of the Mississippi; Kathitha Addison, of the Narragansett Nation. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Milt Wilhite and Tom Behl; two unidentified White House Police officers. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-336-6-62
President John F. Kennedy visits with members of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC) in the Oval Office; the visitors presented President Kennedy with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Members present include: National President of the NACWC, Dr. Rosa Gragg; Lucinda E. Bryant of Yakima, Washington; Fannye J. Benford of Gary, Indiana; Jean Murrell Capers of Cleveland, Ohio; Melnea Cass of Roxbury, Massachusetts; Jessie Mae David; Mabel E. Diggs of Boston, Massachusetts; Georgia Dungey of Kalamazoo, Michigan; Joyce Ford of Albany, New York; Ester Greenlee of Los Angeles, California; Mame Higgins; Carrie Pitts Hill of New York City; Chairman of the Elections Committee, Mae Jacobs (of Cleveland, Ohio); Bernice C. Lindsay of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Birdie Moore of Columbus, Ohio; Mamie Moore of Columbus, Ohio; Daisy Murrell of West Palm Beach, Florida; Myrtle Ollison of Shawnee, Oklahoma; Dr. Mamie B. Reese of Albany, Georgia; Willie L. Taylor of Clarksdale, Mississippi. Also pictured: Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell and Ralph Dungan; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; White House Secret Service agent, Frank Yeager. White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-336-5-62
President John F. Kennedy visits with members of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC) in the Oval Office; the visitors presented President Kennedy with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Members present include: National President of the NACWC, Dr. Rosa Gragg (center, holding painting); Lucinda E. Bryant of Yakima, Washington; Fannye J. Benford of Gary, Indiana; Jean Murrell Capers of Cleveland, Ohio; Melnea Cass of Roxbury, Massachusetts; Jessie Mae David; Mabel E. Diggs of Boston, Massachusetts; Georgia Dungey of Kalamazoo, Michigan; Joyce Ford of Albany, New York; Ester Greenlee of Los Angeles, California; Mame Higgins; Carrie Pitts Hill of New York City; Chairman of the Elections Committee, Mae Jacobs (of Cleveland, Ohio); Bernice C. Lindsay of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Birdie Moore of Columbus, Ohio; Mamie Moore of Columbus, Ohio; Daisy Murrell of West Palm Beach, Florida; Myrtle Ollison of Shawnee, Oklahoma; Dr. Mamie B. Reese of Albany, Georgia; Willie L. Taylor of Clarksdale, Mississippi. White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-336-4-62
President John F. Kennedy visits with members of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC) in the Oval Office; the visitors presented President Kennedy with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Members present include: National President of the NACWC, Dr. Rosa Gragg (center, holding painting); Lucinda E. Bryant of Yakima, Washington; Fannye J. Benford of Gary, Indiana; Jean Murrell Capers of Cleveland, Ohio; Melnea Cass of Roxbury, Massachusetts; Jessie Mae David; Mabel E. Diggs of Boston, Massachusetts; Georgia Dungey of Kalamazoo, Michigan; Joyce Ford of Albany, New York; Ester Greenlee of Los Angeles, California; Mame Higgins; Carrie Pitts Hill of New York City; Chairman of the Elections Committee, Mae Jacobs (of Cleveland, Ohio); Bernice C. Lindsay of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Birdie Moore of Columbus, Ohio; Mamie Moore of Columbus, Ohio; Daisy Murrell of West Palm Beach, Florida; Myrtle Ollison of Shawnee, Oklahoma; Dr. Mamie B. Reese of Albany, Georgia; Willie L. Taylor of Clarksdale, Mississippi. White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-336-3-62
President John F. Kennedy visits with members of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC) in the Oval Office; the visitors presented President Kennedy with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Members present include: National President of the NACWC, Dr. Rosa Gragg (right, holding painting); Lucinda E. Bryant of Yakima, Washington; Fannye J. Benford of Gary, Indiana; Jean Murrell Capers of Cleveland, Ohio; Melnea Cass of Roxbury, Massachusetts; Jessie Mae David; Mabel E. Diggs of Boston, Massachusetts; Georgia Dungey of Kalamazoo, Michigan; Joyce Ford of Albany, New York; Ester Greenlee of Los Angeles, California; Mame Higgins; Carrie Pitts Hill of New York City; Chairman of the Elections Committee, Mae Jacobs (of Cleveland, Ohio); Bernice C. Lindsay of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Birdie Moore of Columbus, Ohio; Mamie Moore of Columbus, Ohio; Daisy Murrell of West Palm Beach, Florida; Myrtle Ollison of Shawnee, Oklahoma; Dr. Mamie B. Reese of Albany, Georgia; Willie L. Taylor of Clarksdale, Mississippi. White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-336-2-62
President John F. Kennedy visits with members of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC) in the Oval Office; the visitors presented President Kennedy with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Members present include: National President of the NACWC, Dr. Rosa Gragg (center, holding painting); Lucinda E. Bryant of Yakima, Washington; Fannye J. Benford of Gary, Indiana; Jean Murrell Capers of Cleveland, Ohio; Melnea Cass of Roxbury, Massachusetts; Jessie Mae David; Mabel E. Diggs of Boston, Massachusetts; Georgia Dungey of Kalamazoo, Michigan; Joyce Ford of Albany, New York; Ester Greenlee of Los Angeles, California; Mame Higgins; Carrie Pitts Hill of New York City; Chairman of the Elections Committee, Mae Jacobs (of Cleveland, Ohio); Bernice C. Lindsay of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Birdie Moore of Columbus, Ohio; Mamie Moore of Columbus, Ohio; Daisy Murrell of West Palm Beach, Florida; Myrtle Ollison of Shawnee, Oklahoma; Dr. Mamie B. Reese of Albany, Georgia; Willie L. Taylor of Clarksdale, Mississippi. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agent, Frank Yeager. White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-336-1-62
President John F. Kennedy visits with members of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC) in the Oval Office; the visitors presented President Kennedy with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Members present include: National President of the NACWC, Dr. Rosa Gragg (center, holding painting); Lucinda E. Bryant of Yakima, Washington; Fannye J. Benford of Gary, Indiana; Jean Murrell Capers of Cleveland, Ohio; Melnea Cass of Roxbury, Massachusetts; Jessie Mae David; Mabel E. Diggs of Boston, Massachusetts; Georgia Dungey of Kalamazoo, Michigan; Joyce Ford of Albany, New York; Ester Greenlee of Los Angeles, California; Mame Higgins; Carrie Pitts Hill of New York City; Chairman of the Elections Committee, Mae Jacobs (of Cleveland, Ohio); Bernice C. Lindsay of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Birdie Moore of Columbus, Ohio; Mamie Moore of Columbus, Ohio; Daisy Murrell of West Palm Beach, Florida; Myrtle Ollison of Shawnee, Oklahoma; Dr. Mamie B. Reese of Albany, Georgia; Willie L. Taylor of Clarksdale, Mississippi. White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7317-I
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a ceremony marking the signing of equal opportunity agreements in association with Plans for Progress, a program of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg, Vice Chairman of the Committee, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Chairman of the Committee, sit on either side of President Kennedy. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy speaks at a ceremony marking the signing of equal opportunity agreements in association with Plans for Progress, a program of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Chairman of the Committee, and Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg, Vice Chairman of the Committee, sit on either side of President Kennedy. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Ceremony marking the signing of equal opportunity agreements in association with Plans for Progress, a program of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. L-R: President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Chairman of the Committee; Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg, Vice Chairman of the Committee; unidentified. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7317-F
Ceremony marking the signing of equal opportunity agreements in association with Plans for Progress, a program of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Chairman of the Committee, sits at left; Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg, Vice Chairman of the Committee, stands right of Vice President Johnson; others unidentified. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7317-E
Ceremony marking the signing of equal opportunity agreements in association with Plans for Progress, a program of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg, Vice Chairman of the Committee, sits at left; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Chairman of the Committee, sits in middle; others unidentified. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7317-D
President John F. Kennedy attends a ceremony marking the signing of equal opportunity agreements in association with Plans for Progress, a program of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Chairman of the Committee, addresses attendees; Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg, Vice Chairman of the Committee, sits to right of Vice President Johnson; an unidentified man sits at far right. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy attends a ceremony marking the signing of equal opportunity agreements in association with Plans for Progress, a program of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg, Vice Chairman of the Committee, stands at right. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7317-B
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with an unidentified man at a ceremony marking the signing of equal opportunity agreements in association with Plans for Progress, a program of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Chairman of the Committee, stands at left; an unidentified man sits at far right. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7317-A
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a ceremony marking the signing of equal opportunity agreements in association with Plans for Progress, a program of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg, Vice Chairman of the Committee, sits right of President Kennedy; an unidentified man sits at far right. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-290-2-62
President John F. Kennedy (center left) visits with members of the American Veterans Committee (AVC). Those present include: National Chairman of the AVC, Murray Gross; National Vice Chairman of the AVC, Dr. Paul Philips Cooke; editor of The New Republic and former National Chairman of the AVC, Gilbert A. Harrison; member of the National Executive Committee of the AVC, John D. Fauntleroy; Special Counsel to the AVC, Phineas Indritz; member of the National Board of the AVC, Bernard J. Cogan; Executive Director of the AVC, J. Arnold Feldman. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Blemishes and scratches on image are original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-ST-290-1-62
President John F. Kennedy (center left) visits with members of the American Veterans Committee (AVC). Those present include: National Chairman of the AVC, Murray Gross; National Vice Chairman of the AVC, Dr. Paul Philips Cooke; editor of The New Republic and former National Chairman of the AVC, Gilbert A. Harrison; member of the National Executive Committee of the AVC, John D. Fauntleroy; Special Counsel to the AVC, Phineas Indritz; member of the National Board of the AVC, Bernard J. Cogan; Executive Director of the AVC, J. Arnold Feldman. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Blemishes and scratches on image are original to the negative.]
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Name File
JFKWHCNF-1612-004
This folder consists of letters and telegrams to President John F. Kennedy containing expressions of and responses to public opinion. Of note is correspondence with civil rights leader John Lewis, co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Name File
JFKWHCNF-0946-006
This folder consists of letters and telegrams between civil rights activist Hector Garcia, founder of the American GI Forum, and President John F. Kennedy and his staff, particularly in regard to issues related to veterans, laborers, and Mexican Americans.
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Berl I. Bernhard Personal Papers
BIBPP-001-009