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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JRL-01
In this interview Lewis discusses President John F. Kennedy on civil rights; Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] as Attorney General and civil rights; working on RFK’s 1968 presidential campaign; RFK’s assassination, 1968; J. Edgar Hoover and FBI investigations of the civil rights movement; discrimination, hatred, and violence; and the march from Selma to Montgomery and “Bloody Sunday,” 1965, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-07
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] and Marshall discuss the very limited proposal for voting rights legislation before the demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama; how civil rights groups did not always understand politics or how to get things through Congress; John F. Kennedy [JFK] trying to explain political difficulties to civil rights leaders; meetings on civil rights legislation and the strategy for getting the votes for a civil rights bill in both houses of Congress; RFK’s disagreements with Lyndon B. Johnson on civil rights legislation; RFK, the Justice Department, and the reapportionment cases; RFK’s meeting with James Baldwin and the subsequent attack on RFK in the press; JFK’s role in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963; speeches at the March on Washington; George Wallace, Alabama state troopers, and the investigation into the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, September, 1963; and JFK, James J. Delaney, and the issue of aid to church schools, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-06
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] and Marshall discuss civil rights legislation, and how it was innovative and yet inevitable; meetings between RFK and businessmen on civil rights legislation; RFK’s unintentional intimidation of the businessmen based on his history with Senate hearings on labor; attempting to put leadership in the community (North and South) to deal with the problem of segregation and other racial discrimination; hostile treatment of RFK in Alabama; working with the NAACP on school desegregation; the desegregation of the University of Alabama, and the question of if and how to bring in troops to help; and using the incident at the University of Alabama as a political stepping stone, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-05-18-C
ST24
Moving image
United States Government Agencies Collection
USG-01-15
Motion picture narrated by Charlton Heston and focusing on the national and international scene during the month of June, 1963. Events covered include activities at the Vatican, with the election and coronation of Pope Paul VI as successor to the late Pope John XXIII, the launching of a Soviet rocket and background on the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union, battles in South Vietnam between Communists and South Vietnamese soldiers, the integration of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, with the admission of African-American students Vivian Malone and James Hood while Alabama Governor George C. Wallace stood by in opposition, and President John F. Kennedy's trip to Berlin, Germany, and his remarks upon signing the Golden Book at the Rathaus Schöneberg on Rudolph Wilde Platz. In his remarks President Kennedy famously proclaims, "Ich bin ein Berliner."Directed by: Walter de Hoog and Bruce Herschensohn.
Screenplay and Music by: Bruce Herschensohn.
Narrated by: Charlton Heston.
"A News of the Day Production."
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-027-007
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-030-007
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-018-008
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-018-007
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-017-001
Textual folder
Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-025-015
Textual folder
Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-025-014
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-BM-05
Marshall discusses civil rights protests in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963, legislation that would become the 1964 Civil Rights Bill, and George C. Wallace’s attempt to stop the desegregation of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C164-9-63
President John F. Kennedy (right, at lectern) delivers an address from the speakers' platform in front of the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Chemical Engineering Building at a celebration commemorating the 30th anniversary of the TVA. Those seated on the platform include: Senator Lister Hill (Alabama); Governor of Alabama George C. Wallace; Frank E. Smith, member of the TVA Board; Aubrey J. “Red” Wagner, Chairman of the TVA Board; and Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); White House Secret Service agents Sam Sulliman and Ernest “Ernie” Olsson stand in front of platform. Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C164-8-63
President John F. Kennedy (center, with back to camera) shakes hands with Governor George C. Wallace of Alabama upon his arrival in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to attend the 30th anniversary celebration of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Frank E. Smith, member of the TVA Board, stands right of Governor Wallace; Representative Robert E. Jones (Alabama) and Senator Lister Hill of Alabama (mostly hidden, at top of stairs) exit the United States Army helicopter at left.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C164-3-63
President John F. Kennedy (far right, at lectern) delivers an address from the speakers' platform in front of the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Chemical Engineering Building at a celebration commemorating the 30th anniversary of the TVA. Seated on left side of the platform (front row) are, left to right: Representative Albert Rains, Senator John Sparkman, and Senator Lister Hill (all of Alabama); Governor of Alabama George C. Wallace; and Frank E. Smith, member of the TVA Board. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard; Aubrey J. “Red” Wagner, Chairman of the TVA Board; Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); and White House Secret Service agents Sam Sulliman and Ernest “Ernie” Olsson. Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C164-2-63
President John F. Kennedy (center right) and others walk to the speakers' platform during the 30th anniversary celebration of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) held outside the TVA's Chemical Engineering Building in Muscle Shoals, Alabama; the President delivered an address for the occasion. Walking in the group are (L-R): Frank E. Smith, member of the TVA Board; White House Secret Service agent Roy Kellerman (in back); Aubrey J. “Red” Wagner, Chairman of the TVA Board; unidentified (in back); Governor of Alabama George C. Wallace; and White House Secret Service agents Dick Johnsen, Jack Ready, and Ernest “Ernie” Olsson (in front, partially hidden).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C164-1-63
President John F. Kennedy arrives in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to attend the 30th anniversary celebration of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Left to right: unidentified military officer (back to camera); Aubrey J. “Red” Wagner, Chairman of the TVA Board; White House Secret Service agent Dick Johnsen (in front); unidentified; Senator Lister Hill (Alabama); Representative Carl Elliott of Alabama (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy (holding hat); unidentified; Governor of Alabama George C. Wallace (in back); Frank E. Smith, member of the TVA Board; and three unidentified persons.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-278-10-63
Celebration commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) held outside the TVA's Chemical Engineering Building in Muscle Shoals, Alabama; President John F. Kennedy (not pictured) delivered an address for the occasion. (L-R) Senators John Sparkman and Lister Hill of Alabama; Governor of Alabama George C. Wallace; and Frank E. Smith, member of the TVA Board (partially hidden).