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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.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-13-A
AR10, ST04, KN07
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-JB-01
Bennett discusses the attorneys general under whom he served, Robert F. Kennedy’s Justice Department reforms, and J. Edgar Hoover, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-WS-04
Sheridan discusses his work with Robert F. Kennedy on the McClellan Committee, including the committee staff, investigations of Jimmy Hoffa and the Teamster’s Union, and the political implications of the committee’s investigations.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-WS-03
Sheridan discusses the 1960 presidential campaign in Pennsylvania, his work in Robert F. Kennedy's Justice Department, and his earlier work investigating the Teamsters Union as an staff member of the McClellan Committee.
Collection
RFKAG
Attorney General Papers, 1961-1964. Correspondence, desk diaries, books, John F. Kennedy Library file, classified file, confidential file, speeches, telephone logs and messages, trip file.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-31-B
AR21, ST11
Textual folder
Jean Stein Personal Papers
JSTPP-009-007
Textual folder
Jean Stein Personal Papers
JSTPP-007-017
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-202-8-61
President John F. Kennedy signs S. 1656, S. 1657, and S. 1653 (bills to combat organized crime and racketeering) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Looking on (L-R): Senator Kenneth Keating of New York; Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Chief of the Legislation and Special Projects Section of the Criminal Division in the Department of Justice, Harold D. Koffsky; Deputy Chief of the Legislation and Special Projects Section of the Criminal Division, Edward T. Joyce; Chief Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Jerry Adlerman.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-202-7-61
President John F. Kennedy signs S. 1656, S. 1657, and S. 1653 (bills to combat organized crime and racketeering) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Looking on (L-R): Senator Kenneth Keating of New York; Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Chief of the Legislation and Special Projects Section of the Criminal Division in the Department of Justice, Harold D. Koffsky; Deputy Chief of the Legislation and Special Projects Section of the Criminal Division, Edward T. Joyce; Chief Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Jerry Adlerman.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-202-11-61
President John F. Kennedy signs S. 1656, S. 1657, and S. 1653 (bills to combat organized crime and racketeering) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Looking on (L-R): Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Chief of the Legislation and Special Projects Section of the Criminal Division in the Department of Justice, Harold D. Koffsky; Deputy Chief of the Legislation and Special Projects Section of the Criminal Division, Edward T. Joyce; Chief Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Jerry Adlerman.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-202-10-61
President John F. Kennedy signs S. 1656, S. 1657, and S. 1653 (bills to combat organized crime and racketeering) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Looking on (L-R): Senator Kenneth Keating of New York; Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Chief of the Legislation and Special Projects Section of the Criminal Division in the Department of Justice, Harold D. Koffsky; Deputy Chief of the Legislation and Special Projects Section of the Criminal Division, Edward T. Joyce; Chief Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Jerry Adlerman.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18772
President John F. Kennedy signs S. 1656, S. 1657, and S. 1653 (bills to combat organized crime and racketeering) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Looking on (L-R): Unidentified; Senator John L. McClellan of Arkansas; Deputy Attorney General, Byron White; Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Senator Olin Johnston of South Carolina; Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina; Senator Kenneth Keating of New York; Chief of the Organized Crime Section in the Department of Justice, Edwyn Silberling (partially hidden); Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Chief of the Legislation and Special Projects Section of the Criminal Division in the Department of Justice, Harold D. Koffsky; Chief Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Jerry Adlerman; Deputy Chief of the Legislation and Special Projects Section of the Criminal Division, Edward T. Joyce; Assistant Deputy Attorney General, William A. Geoghegan.
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.
Textual folder
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-251-1-62
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks upon receiving a report from the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime. Also pictured: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Mayor of New York City, Robert F. Wagner, Jr.; Representative Edith Green (Oregon); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Senator Thomas Dodd (Connecticut); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; Deputy Director of the Committee on Youth Crime, Dean F. Markham; consultant to the National Institute of Mental Health, Dr. Raymond F. Gould; Executive Director of the Committee on Youth Crime, David L. Hackett; Head of Mobilization for Youth, Winslow Carlton; Associate Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work, Mitchell I. Ginsberg; City Administrator of New York, Charles H. Tenney; Representative Neal Smith (Iowa); Representative John Brademas (Indiana); Executive Secretary of the President's Committee on Youth Employment, Herbert E. Salinger; Administrative Assistant to the President, Mike Manatos. Also listed in the President's schedule: Deputy City Administrator of New York, Henry Cohen; Administrative Director of Mobilization for Youth, James E. McCarthy; Program Director of Mobilization for Youth, George Brager. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7275-C
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks upon receiving a report from the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime. Also pictured: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Mayor of New York City, Robert F. Wagner, Jr.; Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Senator Thomas Dodd (Connecticut); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; Deputy Director of the Committee on Youth Crime, Dean F. Markham; Special Assistant to the Secretary for Juvenile Delinquency of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Dr. Lloyd E. Ohlin; Head of Mobilization for Youth, Winslow Carlton; Associate Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work, Mitchell I. Ginsberg; City Administrator of New York, Charles H. Tenney; Representative Neal Smith (Iowa); Representative John Brademas (Indiana); Executive Secretary of the President's Committee on Youth Employment, Herbert E. Salinger; Administrative Assistant to the President, Mike Manatos. Also listed in the President's schedule: Deputy City Administrator of New York, Henry Cohen; Administrative Director of Mobilization for Youth, James E. McCarthy; Program Director of Mobilization for Youth, George Brager. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7275-B
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy presents a report from the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime to President John F. Kennedy. In foreground (L-R): Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Attorney General Kennedy; Mayor of New York City, Robert F. Wagner, Jr.; President Kennedy; Senator Thomas Dodd (Connecticut); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff. Also pictured: Executive Director of the Committee on Youth Crime, David L. Hackett; Special Assistant to the Secretary for Juvenile Delinquency of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Dr. Lloyd E. Ohlin; Head of Mobilization for Youth, Winslow Carlton; Associate Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work, Mitchell I. Ginsberg; City Administrator of New York, Charles H. Tenney; Representative Neal Smith (Iowa); Representative John Brademas (Indiana). Also listed in the President's schedule: Deputy City Administrator of New York, Henry Cohen; Administrative Director of Mobilization for Youth, James E. McCarthy; Program Director of Mobilization for Youth, George Brager. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7275-A
The President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime present a report to President John F. Kennedy. Front row (L-R): Executive Director of the Committee on Youth Crime, David L. Hackett; City Administrator of New York, Charles H. Tenney; Mayor of New York City, Robert F. Wagner, Jr.; President Kennedy; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; Senator Thomas Dodd (Connecticut). Also pictured: Deputy Director of the Committee on Youth Crime, Dean F. Markham; Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Head of Mobilization for Youth, Winslow Carlton; Associate Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work, Mitchell I. Ginsberg; consultant to the National Institute of Mental Health, Dr. Raymond F. Gould; Special Assistant to the Secretary for Juvenile Delinquency of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Dr. Lloyd E. Ohlin; Representative Edith Green (Oregon); Representative Neal Smith (Iowa); Representative John Brademas (Indiana). Also listed in the President's schedule: Deputy City Administrator of New York, Henry Cohen; Administrative Director of Mobilization for Youth, James E. McCarthy; Program Director of Mobilization for Youth, George Brager. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18771
President John F. Kennedy signs S. 1656, S. 1657, and S. 1653 (bills to combat organized crime and racketeering) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Looking on (L-R): Unidentified; Senator John L. McClellan of Arkansas; Deputy Attorney General, Byron White; Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Senator Olin Johnston of South Carolina; Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina; Senator Kenneth Keating of New York; Chief of the Organized Crime Section in the Department of Justice, Edwyn Silberling (partially hidden); Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Chief of the Legislation and Special Projects Section of the Criminal Division in the Department of Justice, Harold D. Koffsky; Chief Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Jerry Adlerman; Deputy Chief of the Legislation and Special Projects Section of the Criminal Division, Edward T. Joyce; Assistant Deputy Attorney General, William A. Geoghegan.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18770
President John F. Kennedy signs S. 1656, S. 1657, and S. 1653 (bills to combat organized crime and racketeering) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Looking on (L-R): Deputy Attorney General Byron White (partially out of frame); Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Senator Olin Johnston of South Carolina; Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina; Senator Kenneth Keating of New York; Chief of the Organized Crime Section in the Department of Justice, Edwyn Silberling; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18769
President John F. Kennedy signs S. 1656, S. 1657, and S. 1653 (bills to combat organized crime and racketeering) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Looking on (L-R): Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Senator Olin Johnston of South Carolina; Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina; Senator Kenneth Keating of New York; Chief of the Organized Crime Section in the Department of Justice, Edwyn Silberling; Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover (mostly hidden); Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6781-F
President John F. Kennedy signs S. 1656, S. 1657, and S. 1653 (bills to combat organized crime and racketeering) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Looking on (L-R): Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; unidentified; Senator John L. McClellan of Arkansas; Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Senator Olin Johnston of South Carolina; Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina; Senator Kenneth Keating of New York; Chief of the Organized Crime Section in the Department of Justice, Edwyn Silberling (in back); Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Chief of the Legislation and Special Projects Section of the Criminal Division in the Department of Justice, Harold D. Koffsky; Chief Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Jerry Adlerman; Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, Jack Miller (in back); Assistant Deputy Attorney General, William A. Geoghegan; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson.