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Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-JKJ-02
In this interview Javits discusses working with Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] on the Bedford-Stuyvesant project and the impact of RFK’s death on the project, among other issues.
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.