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Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-ESJ-03
This interview focuses on unfinished plans under the Bedford – Stuyvesant project, Robert Kennedy’s [RFK] relationship with his staff and other business leaders, and Eli Smith’s departure from the Bedford – Stuyvesant project, among other things.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-ESJ-02
This interview focuses on origins of the Bedford – Stuyvesant two board structure, early Bedford – Stuyvesant projects, and Eli Jacob’s decision to leave the organization, among other things.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-ESJ-01
This interview focuses on Jacob’s involvement in the Bedford – Stuyvesant project, recruitment for the Bedford - Stuyvesant project board, and Robert F. Kennedy’s influence on the Bedford - Stuyvesant project, among other things.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-DLH-02
In this interview Hackett discusses working in the Justice Department under Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy [RFK], specifically on the issues of juvenile delinquency and poverty; getting the Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offenses Control Act passed and processing the related grant applications; traveling with RFK to impoverished areas; experiencing friction with R. Sargent Shriver, Jr., as head of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s war on poverty; and RFK’s approach to poverty programs, among other issues.