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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LEM-02
In this interview Martin discusses African American voters in the 1960 presidential election; dealing with African American press during John F. Kennedy's [JFK] 1960 presidential campaign; Lyndon B. Johnson’s vice-presidential nomination and African American press; getting prominent African Americans to endorse JFK; the telephone call from JFK to Coretta Scott King, 1960; and mobilizing the African American vote for JFK in different American cities in 1960, among other issues.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0896-023
This folder contains copies of Senator John F. Kennedy’s speech titled, “Foreign Policy in a Democracy,” given at a New York Herald Tribune forum for high schools held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. In his speech the Senator discusses the influences of public opinion and pressure groups, political parties and campaigns, and leadership and public education on shaping foreign policy in the United States.