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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AEH-02
In this interview Henry discusses how he first got involved in civil rights activity and how he became an active leader in the NAACP; contact with the Justice Department during the Dwight D. Eisenhower Administration; the FBI investigation into Henry and into the civil rights movement; Henry’s relationship with Medgar Evers; voting rights and voter registration campaigns; beatings and killings of activists in Mississippi; the NAACP and the 1960 presidential election; Jim Silver; Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders; labor movement leadership and the NAACP in the sixties; the relationships among the various civil rights organizations, including the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, SCLC, and SNCC; organizing boycotts of certain stores; Henry’s arrest in 1961; and the disappearance and murder of Andrew Goodman, Mickey Schwerner, and James Chaney in 1964, among other issues.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1030-033
This folder contains copies of a speech by Senator John F. Kennedy titled, “Fair Labor Standards,” concerning the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1960 bill which raises the minimum wage and extends protection of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Also included in this folder is a Congressional Record containing a speech made by Senator Kennedy in the United States Senate titled, “The Urgent Need for the Kennedy-Ervin Labor-Management Reform Bill,” regarding legislation for the protection of unions against racketeering.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1030-032
This folder contains a speech by Senator John F. Kennedy titled, "The Continuing Issue of Labor Reform," concerning labor-management reform and legislation protecting against racketeering and corruption within labor unions.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1030-031
This folder contains copies and drafts of a speech by Senator John F. Kennedy titled, "The Congress and Labor Reform," concerning the Labor-Management Reform Act of 1959 that protects against racketeering and corruption within labor unions.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1030-030
This folder contains speeches made by Senator John F. Kennedy at conventions of the ALF-CIO (American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organizations) in California, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, and Oregon. Topics include legislation for unemployment insurance, the minimum wage, and care for the aged; effects of automation on the labor industry; racketeering and corruption within the labor movement; and the endorsement of Senator Kennedy by the AFL-CIO for the 1960 presidential campaign.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1028-028
This folder contains speeches given by Senator John F. Kennedy in Ohio and Wisconsin concerning organized crime, labor-management racketeering, the McClellan Committee, and unethical practices among labor lawyers.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1028-026
This folder contains copies of a speech given by Senator John F. Kennedy in Pennsylvania titled, “Administrative Justice and Delay.” In his speech Senator Kennedy discusses the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and labor tribunals, and the inefficiency of Federal regulatory agencies.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1049-001
This folder contains press releases concerning the 1960 presidential campaign; Senator John F. Kennedy’s tour schedule for Oregon; the Area Redevelopment Bill; the Minimum Wage Bill; James R. “Jimmy” Hoffa, President of the Teamsters Union, and his ties to organized crime; Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev and the Cold War; and the role of religion in the 1960 presidential campaign.