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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LEM-03
In this interview Martin discusses helping fill government positions after John F. Kennedy [JFK] is elected President, 1960; the appointment of African American judges, including Thurgood Marshall to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; providing African American candidates for different agency positions; civil rights crises during JFK’s Administration; Lee White as the White House advisor on civil rights; the civil rights bill introduced in 1963; religious groups in the civil rights movement; the issue of “white backlash”; and working for President JFK versus working for President Lyndon B. Johnson, among other issues.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-062a-014
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Ralph A. Dungan, Special Assistant to the President. Topics include appointments for Postmaster General and the Federal Reserve Board, the foreign aid bill, and the California-Chile project under the Alliance for Progress. Of note is a newsletter from Senator Wayne Morse detailing his trip to Peru as Special Ambassador for the United States for the inauguration of President Fernando Belaúnde Terry. Also included in this folder is an INR (Bureau of Intelligence and Research) summary of Dr. Arturo Illia and his program for Argentina.
Collection
LOBPP
Papers 1960-1975 (#177). Democratic Party official, government official. Director of organization, Kennedy-Johnson Presidential campaign (1960); Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel (1961-1965); Postmaster General of the United States (1965-1968); chairman, Democratic National Committee (1968-1972); author No Final Victories (1974). Personal and professional papers relating to his years as a campaign adviser, White House staff member, Postmaster General, and chairman of the Democratic Party. 135 cubic feet. Open in full.