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Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-JTC-03
In this interview Conway discusses getting Martin Luther King out of jail in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963; Robert F. Kennedy’s [RFK] view of King and his actions; the March on Washington; working with RFK and the Justice Department on civil rights legislation; Walter Reuther; Conway’s decision to leave John F. Kennedy’s Administration and working on legislation from the outside; the Community Action Program; working with Senator RFK during the Johnson Administration; Senator RFK’s involvement in the labor movement; Jesse M. Unruh, RFK, and the 1968 California presidential primary; Department of Urban Affairs legislation; getting accelerated public works legislation through Congress; Housing and Home Finance Agency staff members; and the attempt to pick up congressional seats in 1962 and 1964, among other issues.
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White House Photographs
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Congressional Coffee Hour (House of Representatives). L-R: Congressman James G. O’Hara (Michigan); President John F. Kennedy; Congressman John E. Moss (California); Congressman Thomas G. Morris (New Mexico). Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Congressional Coffee Hour (House of Representatives). L-R: Congressman Robert F. Ellsworth (Kansas); Congressman David T. Martin (Nebraska); Congresswoman Jessica McCullough Weis (New York); President John F. Kennedy; Congressman James Harvey (Michigan); Congressman James F. Battin (Montana); Congressman John Kyl (Iowa). Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Congressional Coffee Hour (House of Representatives). L-R: Congressman Steven B. Derounian (New York); Congressman T. Ashton Thompson (Louisiana); President John F. Kennedy; Congresswoman Catherine May (Washington); Congressman Elford A. Cederberg (Michigan); Congressman Donald D. Clancy (Ohio); Congressman Frank Kowalski (Connecticut). Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Congressional Coffee Hour (House of Representatives). President John F. Kennedy and Congressman John Lesinski (Michigan), reading an invitation addressed to President Kennedy, requesting his attendance at Dearborn, Michigan’s City Beautification Program, for the dedication of a new civic center (youth center and municipal buildings). Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
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Congressional Coffee Hour (House of Representatives). President John F. Kennedy and Congressman John Lesinski (Michigan), reading an invitation addressed to President Kennedy, requesting his attendance at Dearborn, Michigan’s City Beautification Program, for the dedication of a new civic center (youth center and municipal buildings). Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson attend a Congressional Coffee Hour in the Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Unidentified; Representative Al Ullman of Oregon; Representative Homer Thornberry of Texas; President Kennedy; Representative Catherine Dorris Norrell of Arkansas; Vice President Johnson; unidentified; Representative Louis C. Rabaut of Michigan.