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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.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AEH-01
In this interview Henry discusses meeting John F. Kennedy [JFK] and Robert F. Kennedy; discussing Mississippi and civil rights issues with President JFK; voting rights and poll taxes; the freedom rides; the murder of three young activists in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964; Mississippi politics beginning in the late fifties; white people in Mississippi; school segregation; the 1960 presidential election; and early contact with the federal government and the Justice Department in 1961, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-02
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses the 1961 Berlin crisis; American forces, military and diplomatic, in Germany; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] recommendation for Americans to have fallout shelters; nuclear testing; problems with the Department of State; the start of the conflict in Vietnam, 1961; the Department of Justice under RFK and organized crime; RFK’s difficult relationship with J. Edgar Hoover; the wiretapping bill; new federal judgeships in 1961 and other presidential appointments; the Alliance for Progress; Red China; crises during JFK’s presidency and how he was an optimist; RFK’s move for an income tax increase during the Berlin crisis; RFK’s disagreements with President JFK; indecisiveness over picking JFK’s running mate, 1960; the missile gap; fighting and UN operations in the Congo; Nikita S. Khrushchev’s speeches; RFK’s 1962 trip to Japan, Indonesia, Germany, and other countries; the release of Allen L. Pope; Dutch disputes in Southeast Asia; the 1961 crisis in the Dominican Republic and the assassination of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina; the 1962 disarmament conference in Geneva; Edward M. Kennedy’s 1962 campaign for U.S. Senate; the Kennedy family national and political reputation; the Justice Department under RFK and civil rights; and the 1962 steel crisis, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-RLG-01
Goldfarb discusses the Department of Justice during the John F. Kennedy administration, working with Robert F. Kennedy [RFK], trying organized crime cases in various locations across the country, and personal interaction with RFK, among other issues.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-018-007
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether corporate crimes should warrant tougher penalties and whether the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is subject to influence from business lobbyists and the White House. The episode aired on Monday, May 14, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-002-012
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate claims made by the Department of Justice regarding the death penalty (capital punishment). The episode aired on Friday, February 27, 1987, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-001-005
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether the U.S. Department of Justice should abolish the practice of assembling teams of top federal investigators as "strike forces" and sending them to cities with serious organized crime problems. The episode aired on Monday, April 24, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-HEJM-02
Miller discusses working with United States attorneys and the passage of influential legislation in prosecuting organized crime cases, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-HEJM-01
Miller discusses problems with organized crime and investigative jurisdiction among government agencies, among other issues.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-080-020
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Justice. Topics include organized crime, progress in civil rights, various legislative issues, Indian (Indians of North America) claims litigation, and a proposal by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy for meetings to discuss Cuba and South America. Also included in this folder are survey results from a poll of various colleges as to their interest in a National Service Corps.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-080-016
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Justice. Topics include organized crime, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy’s meeting with Chancellor of West Germany Konrad Adenauer, Guatemala, and William H. Hastie. Of note is a transcript in German of a press conference held by Kennedy for German journalists and Kennedy’s answers translated. Also included in this folder is a draft of a magazine article written by Kennedy detailing his trip to Indonesia. This folder contains some foreign language material.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-080-013
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Justice. Topics include numerous legislation issues, Federal loans to parochial schools, the appointment of Federal judges, steel prices, establishment of the President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime, possible leaks of classified information, and the Volta River project. Of note is correspondence between the President and Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations J. Edgar Hoover. Also included in this folder are numerous memoranda for the President from Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.
Textual folder
James V. Bennett Personal Papers
JVBPP-012-002
Collection
JVPP
Papers 1964. Organized crime figure. Handwritten and typewritten manuscript of The Real Thing, which served as source material for The Valachi Papers (1968) by Peter Maas.
Collection
NKPP
Papers 1961-1968. Lawyer, government official. Deputy Attorney General (1962-65); Attorney General of the United States (1965-66). Correspondence, speeches, appointment calendars, telephone logs, executive office file, civil rights file, subject file, personal file, and news clippings.
Collection
VSNPP
Papers 1954-1976. Journalist. Author, Kennedy Justice (1971). Research materials, drafts, interviews, notes, and correspondence.
Collection
USDJ
Records 1961-1963. Microfilm copies of material generated by the Department of Justice during the Kennedy administration. Contains a wide variety of legal and administrative paperwork from various offices within the agency. Currently only select records from the Criminal Division and the Civil Rights Division are open for research.
Collection
JRPP
Papers 1961-1999. Journalist, government official. U.S. Department of Justice, Assistant Director of Public Information (1964-1964), Director of Public Information (1964-1967); U.S. Department of State, Executive Assistant to Under Secretary Nicholas deB. Katzenbach (1966-1967); Harvard Institute of Politics, Kennedy Fellow (1967-1968); New York Times, Urban Correspondent, Washington Bureau (1969-1973), Editorial Page Editor (1986-1993), Magazine Editor (1993-2000). Personal and professional papers consisting of correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, schedules, and speeches. Topics include the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of State, the Civil Rights movement, organized crime, and wiretapping.