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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0360-002
This folder contains a memorandum from Robert A. Wallace, Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, to Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton concerning efforts by the United States Coast Guard Academy to broaden recruitment to include members of minority groups.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0360-001
Materials in this folder include memoranda between various members of the White House staff, including Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton and Special Assistant to the President for Civil Rights Harris Wofford, concerning a civil rights demonstration in Texas, the integration of the National Guard, the activities of the Civil Rights Subcabinet Committee, and President John F. Kennedy’s meetings with civil rights advocates.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0359-013
Materials in this folder include telegrams from the Governors of South Carolina, Mississippi, and Alabama declining an invitation to participate in an Equality of Races meeting; a letter from the President to Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman requesting assistance to farm families who were evicted from their homes in Tennessee; a summary report of actions taken by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation concerning complaints of racial discrimination at their Marietta, Georgia facility; proposed revision of the functions of the Commissioners’ Council on Human Relations to prohibit discrimination; and correspondence regarding an incident near Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas of racial discrimination against the brother of the Queen of Cambodia.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0359-012
Materials include correspondence regarding a statement made by columnist Walter Winchell on the appointment of Italian-Americans in the Administration, minorities in the United States Navy and Coast Guard Academy, and a memorandum regarding civil rights actions in the Department of Commerce. Of note is a progress report on an earlier report titled “Discrimination and Diplomats” by the Public Affairs unit of the Office of the Chief of Protocol. Also included in this folder are two articles written by the President during his time as a Senator: one titled “Is Your Boy Barred?” for Pageant magazine, July 1954, and the other titled “Take the Academics Out of Politics” for the Saturday Evening Post, June 2, 1956.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0359-011
Materials in this folder include an inquiry into minority representation in the Coast Guard Academy, a summary of nondiscrimination policies for the Housing and Home Finance Agency, a memorandum containing suggested agenda items for executive action to promote civil rights, memoranda concerning racial discrimination in various United States government departments and agencies, and correspondence concerning discrimination in connection with the conference for the Civil War Centennial Commission. Of note is a carbon copy of outgoing correspondence from Special Assistant to the President Kenneth O’Donnell to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. regarding a request by King for a meeting with the President to discuss civil rights.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0359-006
Materials in this folder include letters of support, encouragement, and suggestions for the Administration’s civil rights program from various persons and organizations; and civil rights efforts among organizations and in individual States.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0359-005
Materials in this folder include a copy of a resolution supporting the Civil Rights Commission adopted by the Louisville Commission on Human Relations and a request for an inquiry into the discrimination of Father William O’Connor at the Rock Island Golf Club.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0359-004
Materials in this folder include clippings from the Panama Tribune newspaper on various topics; a copy of statements adopted by the Central Conference of American Rabbis; and a letter from Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division to Representative Hugh J. White of Missouri concerning reports of police misconduct in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0359-003
Materials in this folder include outgoing letters from Deputy Special Counsel to the President Myer Feldman to various persons regarding a proposal by the Maryland Committee for Democratic Rights to investigate problems inherent in the McCarran Act, and letters concerning claims of civil rights violations.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0359-002
Materials in this folder include memoranda from Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton to various Cabinet Secretaries requesting a report on civil rights problems within their departments, telegrams concerning segregation at the Raleigh-Durham Airport in North Carolina, and a memorandum from Dutton to Special Counsel to the President Ted Sorensen concerning guidance on civil rights policy for certain members of the Administration. Also included in this folder is the 40th annual report by the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) titled “By the People.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0359-001
Materials in this folder include memoranda concerning the lack of minorities in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard Academy, the institution of a monthly meeting of Subcabinet representatives to discuss civil rights work within government agencies, and letters from various persons detailing personal civil rights violations. Also included in this folder are letters from the Rhode Island AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organization) and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America informing the President of civil rights resolutions adopted by the organizations.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0358-014
Materials in this folder include a report from the National Women’s Committee for Civil Rights, a proposed civil rights resolution for the 1962 Governors’ Conference submitted by Michigan Governor John B. Swainson, correspondence concerning the creation of the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation, memoranda concerning recommendations for improved civil rights initiatives and upcoming meetings with various civil rights advocates, and press releases of President John F. Kennedy’s speeches on the subject of discrimination, segregation, and employment practices.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0358-013
Materials in this folder include a summary of the administration’s civil rights initiatives, memoranda concerning equal employment opportunities within government departments and agencies, a press release announcing the reorganization of the Department of the Interior's Advisory Board on Indian Affairs, a report concerning the National Park Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and correspondence concerning President John F. Kennedy’s meetings with representatives from the National Urban League.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0358-012
Materials in this folder include a newspaper article, a summary of existing civil rights programs within the Executive Branch, a proposal for an expanded legislative civil rights platform, correspondence between President Kennedy and civil rights representatives, a draft of President John F. Kennedy’s speech to representatives from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and memoranda from Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton and Special Assistant to the President for Civil Rights Harris Wofford concerning the integration of the National Guard, President Kennedy’s meetings with civil rights advocates, and anti-discrimination policies for the Peace Corps. Of note is a signed letter to the President from Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0358-011
Materials in this folder include meeting minutes, meeting agendas, a report from the Southern Regional Council entitled “The Federal Executive and Civil Rights,” and memoranda to President John F. Kennedy concerning non-discrimination in government employment, increased racial integration in Southern cities, and the activities of the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0371-005
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 incidents of discriminatory employment practices, the activities of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, efforts by labor organizations to eliminate discriminatory employment practices, and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment. The folder also contains copies of The American Federalist, the magazine of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0371-004
Materials in this folder include a telegram, 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, incidents of discriminatory employment practices, and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment. The folder also contains a report entitled “The Study of Equal Employment Opportunities in Selected Industrial Plants” submitted by the Survey Research Center of the Institute of Social Research at the University of Michigan and the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0371-003
Materials in this folder include 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 incidents of discriminatory employment practices.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0371-002
Materials in this folder include 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 incidents of discriminatory employment practices, efforts by labor organizations to eliminate discriminatory employment practices, and racial relations in Birmingham, Alabama. The folder also contains a publication by the United Steelworkers of America entitled "1961-1962 Fair Employment Practices in Steel: A Story of Progress."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0371-001
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, 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 and the efforts of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-013
Materials in this folder include memoranda, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discriminatory employment practices and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment, with specific emphasis on African Americans.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-012
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discriminatory employment 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 statement by Louis F. Buckley, Middle Atlantic Regional Director of the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and a copy of Religion and Labor, a publication from The Religion and Labor Council of America.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-011
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frank D. Reeves, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discriminatory employment practices and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment, with specific emphasis on African Americans.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-010
Materials in this folder include a telegram, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discriminatory employment practices and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment, with specific emphasis on African Americans.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-009
Materials in this folder include correspondence between various members of the White House staff concerning a conference sponsored by the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity.