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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-JPH-01
In this interview Healey discusses meeting the Kennedy brothers at Harvard; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] campaign for the House of Representatives in 1946; Healey’s political experience in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Michael J. Neville; Massachusetts politics in the postwar period; the “age factor” in the 1946 campaign; the development of JFK’s public speaking ability; engaging with the academic community in Cambridge during the 1946 campaign; Kennedy family members helping out on JFK’s campaigns; JFK’s worries after his election to his first term in Congress and his work once the term began; JFK on the House Labor Committee and the Hartley Bill in the House; the petition for the pardon of James Michael Curley and issues for JFK; Paul A. Dever; JFK’s 1952 campaign for Senate; Henry Cabot Lodge; speechwriting during the 1952 campaign; and Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and JFK’s campaigns, among other issues.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-007-001
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a Congressional initiative to provide leave for workers in family situations, including when a baby is born or when a child, parent, or the worker is ill. The episode aired on Tuesday, August 29, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-004-013
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate legislation to provide child-care assistance to working families. The episode aired on Monday, July 10, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-003-015
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate legislation moving through Congress to make safe, affordable child care available to working parents. The episode aired on Tuesday, June 20, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-SVM-02
This interview focuses on Congress’s attempt to pass the Youth Employment Opportunities Act, the passage of the Manpower Development and Training Act, and the inner workings of Congress before and during the Kennedy administration, among other topics
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-020-008
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate President Bush's intention to veto parental leave legislation that would give working parents time off when a child is born. They discuss the impact of a veto on working mothers. The episode aired on Wednesday, June 27, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-019-007
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate new legislation passed by the House of Representatives that requires employers to provide reasonable time off for working parents when a child is born or a family member is sick. The episode aired on Tuesday, June 5, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-021-010
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 Congress should override President Bush's veto of the Family Leave Bill, which would require all businesses to grant leave to workers when a child is born or there is a serious family emergency. They discuss the effect on working women. The episode aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System; the air date is uncertain, but likely late July 1990.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-013-017
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate comprehensive legislation to make childcare more available and affordable to working parents and to set minimum standards for health and safety. The episode aired on Thursday, February 1, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-012-004
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for continuing efforts in 1990 to pass legislation to provide child care assistance to working parents and the poor. The episode aired on Friday, December 22, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-001-013
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate an initiative moving through Congress to ensure safe, affordable child care for working parents. The episode aired on Thursday, May 4, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-035-011
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate maternal leave legislation moving forward in Congress that would require employers to provide working mothers reasonable time off from a job when a baby is born or a child is seriously ill. The episode aired on Thursday, February 23, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-035-005
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for childcare legislation to make affordable, quality daycare available for children of working parents. The episode aired on Wednesday, February 15, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-034-004
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for childcare legislation to help both working and stay-at-home parents get safe, affordable care for their children. The episode aired on Tuesday, January 24, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-179-002
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks to members of the Committee on Youth Employment in the White House Rose Garden. In his speech President Kennedy discusses the Committee's recently submitted report, which calls upon private industry and government at all levels to cooperate in order to solve the problems related to youth employment.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-030-013
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for family leave legislation that would require employers to provide workers time off to care for a new baby or an ill family member. The episode aired on Tuesday, February 19, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-023-015
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate new family and medical leave legislation to guarantee workers time off to care for a new baby or deal with a serious illness. The episode aired on Thursday, February 4, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-018-008
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate President Bush's veto of a family leave bill, which is legislation that would have given 12 weeks of unpaid leave to employees when a child is born or a family member is seriously ill. The episode aired on Wednesday, September 23, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-017-005
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate family leave legislation that would require employers to provide unpaid time off to workers dealing with major family responsibilities, such as the birth of a baby or the serious illness of a family member. The episode aired on Wednesday, August 26, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Pierre Salinger
JFKWHSFPS-114-024
This folder contains press releases of statements by President John F. Kennedy on civil rights and railroad industry negotiations; proclamations for National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week, Child Health Day, and National School Lunch Week; and a list of approved legislation.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-025-012
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a congressional initiative to provide parental leave for working mothers whenever a baby is born or a child is seriously ill. The episode aired on Friday, July 22, 1988, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-022-013
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the declining overall unemployment rate despite the high youth unemployment rate. The episode aired on Monday, May 23, 1988, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-029-006
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate filibusters by Republicans to prevent passage of child care legislation and family leave legislation intended to benefit working parents. The episode aired on Tuesday, October 11, 1988, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-029-005
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate why child care legislation, intended to support families with working parents, did not pass in Congress. The episode aired on Monday, October 10, 1988, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.