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Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-JTC-03
In this interview Conway discusses getting Martin Luther King out of jail in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963; Robert F. Kennedy’s [RFK] view of King and his actions; the March on Washington; working with RFK and the Justice Department on civil rights legislation; Walter Reuther; Conway’s decision to leave John F. Kennedy’s Administration and working on legislation from the outside; the Community Action Program; working with Senator RFK during the Johnson Administration; Senator RFK’s involvement in the labor movement; Jesse M. Unruh, RFK, and the 1968 California presidential primary; Department of Urban Affairs legislation; getting accelerated public works legislation through Congress; Housing and Home Finance Agency staff members; and the attempt to pick up congressional seats in 1962 and 1964, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-30-E
KN15
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-19248
President John F. Kennedy meets with visitors. (L – R): Hugh Thompson, Regional Director (New England) of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization (AFL-CIO); President Kennedy; Mrs. Thompson. Special Assistant to the President Kenneth P. O’Donnell in background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-19247
President John F. Kennedy meets with visitors. (L – R): Hugh Thompson, Regional Director (New England) of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization (AFL-CIO); President Kennedy; Mrs. Thompson. Special Assistant to the President Kenneth P. O’Donnell in background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-21239
President John F. Kennedy (center right, at microphones) addresses delegates to a conference on voter registration sponsored by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Committee on Political Education (COPE). Standing behind President Kennedy are (L-R): National Director of COPE, James L. McDevitt; unidentified; and National Director of the COPE Voter Registration Campaign, Roy Reuther. Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, and White House Secret Service agent, Dick Johnsen (both mostly in shadow), stand in the West Wing Colonnade. Also pictured: Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. "Smokey" Stover; and White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Oscar N. Smith. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.