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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-18355
President John F. Kennedy meets with representatives from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). President Kennedy (seated in rocking chair); Bishop Stephen G. Spottswood, Chairman of the NAACP Board of Directors (standing right, back to camera). Standing, rear (L – R): Medgar Evers, Mississippi NAACP Field Secretary; Calvin Luper, Oklahoma City NAACP Youth Council President; Edward Turner, President of Detroit NAACP branch; Rev. W.J. Hodge; Dr. S.Y. Nixson; C.R. Darden, President of Mississippi NAACP State Conference branches; Kelly M. Alexander, member of NAACP Board of Directors; Kivie Kaplan, Chairman of NAACP Life Membership Committee; others unidentified (some partially hidden). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-18354
President John F. Kennedy meets with representatives from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). President Kennedy (seated in rocking chair); Bishop Stephen G. Spottswood, Chairman of the NAACP Board of Directors (standing right, back to camera). Standing, rear (L – R): Medgar Evers, Mississippi NAACP Field Secretary; Calvin Luper, Oklahoma City NAACP Youth Council President; Edward Turner, President of Detroit NAACP branch; Jack E. Tanner, Northwest Area Conference NAACP President; unidentified man; Rev. W.J. Hodge; Dr. S.Y. Nixson; C.R. Darden, President of Mississippi NAACP State Conference branches; Kelly M. Alexander, member of NAACP Board of Directors; two unidentified men (partially hidden, at back); Kivie Kaplan, Chairman of NAACP Life Membership Committee; others unidentified. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-18353
President John F. Kennedy meets with representatives from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). President Kennedy; Ted Berry, member of NAACP Ohio Committee for Civil Rights Legislation (later Mayor of Cincinnati) (second from right); others unidentified. Lincoln Bedroom, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-18352
President John F. Kennedy meets with representatives from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). (L – R) Bishop Stephen G. Spottswood, Chairman of NAACP Board of Directors; President Kennedy; Arthur B. Spingarn, former NAACP Vice-President; Roy Wilkins, NAACP Executive Secretary. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-18351
President John F. Kennedy meets with representatives from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). (L – R) Dr. E. Franklin Jackson, President of Washington, D.C. NAACP branch; Bishop Stephen G. Spottswood, Chairman of NAACP Board of Directors; President Kennedy; Arthur B. Spingarn, former NAACP Vice-President. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-019-001-p0017
Photograph of a petition to President John F. Kennedy signed by California Governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown and 18 other individuals urging all citizens of California to support the appeal of Dr. Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders for President Kennedy to utilize his executive authority to resolve issues in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-019-001-p0007
Photograph of California Governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown with five unidentified individuals, four men and one woman, sitting around Brown's desk during the signing of a petition.