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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-008
Materials in this folder include a telegram, memoranda, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various White House staff members, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discriminatory employment practices, executive orders regarding the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, voter registration for Spanish-speaking citizens, efforts by defense contractors and labor organizations to eliminate discriminatory practices, and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment, with specific emphasis on African Americans. The folder also contains a copy of The American Federalist, the magazine of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), and a statement by Thomas E. Harris, Associate General Counsel of the AFL-CIO, before the General Subcommittee of the House Committee on Education and Labor concerning pending employment legislation.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-009
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning racially motivated violence, incidents of voter intimidation, desegregation at the University of Mississippi, and the use of military personnel to maintain public safety in Mississippi.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-008
Materials in this folder include petitions, telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations, racially motivated violence, incidents of police misconduct, and desegregation of public facilities and educational institutions.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-007
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations, desegregation of educational institutions, and policies prohibiting discriminatory employment practices. The folder also contains copies of a statement on civil rights by Indiana Governor Matthew Welsh.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-006
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations affiliated with the Albany Movement and the arrest of clergy members in Albany, Georgia, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Of note are telegrams to President Kennedy from Albany Movement leader Dr. William G. Anderson.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-005
Materials in this folder include telegrams, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations, incidents of racially motivated violence, a policy prohibiting separate funeral and burial service contracts for veterans of different races, and the arrest of clergy members in Albany, Georgia, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Of note is a telegram to President Kennedy from Dr. King.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-004
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations, racially integrated housing, the activities of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and the arrest of clergy members in Albany, Georgia, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Of note is a telegram to President Kennedy from Dr. King.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-003
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations and racially motivated violence in Albany, Georgia.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-002
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between President Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations, the administration’s policy of speaking appearances for segregated audiences, and the arrest of civil rights advocates in Albany, Georgia, including Reverend Ralph Abernathy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0374-005
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, press releases, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations, and racial segregation in educational institutions, with specific emphasis on schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia. The folder also contains a resolution passed by the Alabama House of Representatives commending Governor George Wallace.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0374-004
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning racially motivated violence and racial segregation in educational institutions, with specific emphasis on schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia and the admission of student James Meredith at the University of Mississippi.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0373-007
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of racial discrimination against visiting African diplomats and racial segregation of public facilities and accommodations, with specific emphasis on restaurants in Maryland.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0373-002
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning housing initiatives in Washington, D.C., contested racial housing integration in Deerfield, Illinois, and Executive Order 11063, Equal Opportunity in Housing, prohibiting discrimination in federally assisted housing.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0373-001
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, a press release, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, and individual citizens concerning Executive Order 11063, Equal Opportunity in Housing, prohibiting discrimination in federally assisted housing.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0371-010
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations and racially integrated housing initiatives.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0371-008
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, press releases, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien, Congressional representatives, and individual citizens concerning Executive Order 11063, Equal Opportunity in Housing, prohibiting discrimination in federally assisted housing. The folder also contains reports on cases of discrimination against visiting African diplomats.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0371-006
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discrimination against visiting African diplomats, the activities of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, and a proposed executive order prohibiting discrimination in federally assisted housing (later issued as Executive Order 11063).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-045-009
This folder contains a draft of suggested remarks by Special Assistant Counsel to the President Lee C. White for a filmed statement by President John F. Kennedy for the annual conference of the Retail Clerks International Association (RCIA). The draft of the speech commends the RCIA for their desegregated unions, but emphasizes that the same spirit of equality must also be present in an individual's everyday conduct and attitudes.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-090-003
Sound recording of a meeting held on June 1, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Anthony J. Celebrezze; Commissioner of Education at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Francis Keppel; General Counsel at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Alanson W. Willcox; Assistant Secretary (for Legislation) at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Wilbur J. Cohen; Assistant Secretary, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare James Quigley; Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice Burke Marshall; Civil Rights and Political Advisor and Deputy Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Louis Martin; Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence F. O’Brien; Special Counsel to the President Theodore Sorensen; and Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White. This meeting concerns civil rights issues, including the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Equal Accommodations Bill, the public school education bill, the timing of sending these bills to Congress, the legal steps of the Attorney General, and what information to include in the President’s message to the country. After the meeting ends, the rest of the recording is blank. This meeting was previously opened in the "Civil Rights 1963" release in the 1980s. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 90, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 90 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-088-004
Sound recording of a meeting held on May 20, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Assistant Attorney General from the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division Burke Marshall, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, and Special Counsel to the President Theodore Sorensen. The discussion provides an overview of civil rights legislative proposals (accommodations, schools, federal jobs) and the political fights they will cause in Congress and with the states. An overview of recent civil rights demonstrations is also provided. Please note that the recording of this meeting was previously made available in the Civil Rights 1963 release in the 1980s. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 88, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 88 in its entirety.