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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LEM-03
In this interview Martin discusses helping fill government positions after John F. Kennedy [JFK] is elected President, 1960; the appointment of African American judges, including Thurgood Marshall to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; providing African American candidates for different agency positions; civil rights crises during JFK’s Administration; Lee White as the White House advisor on civil rights; the civil rights bill introduced in 1963; religious groups in the civil rights movement; the issue of “white backlash”; and working for President JFK versus working for President Lyndon B. Johnson, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-20-F
AR16, ST08, KN12
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-249-8-62
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (third from left) and Lady Bird Johnson visit with unidentified guests at a dinner in honor of Vice President Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. Standing in the background at right are (L-R): Beryl Hastie, wife of Judge William H. Hastie; Judge Hastie; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency Robert C. Weaver; and Dr. Ella Haith Weaver, wife of Administrator Weaver (mostly hidden). Cross Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-249-7-62
President John F. Kennedy (laughing) greets guests at a dinner in honor of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. (L-R) Beryl Hastie, wife of Judge William H. Hastie (in back); Dr. Ella Haith Weaver, wife of Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency Robert C. Weaver; Administrator Weaver; Judge Hastie; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission Glenn T. Seaborg (in back); and President Kennedy. Cross Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-249-28-62
Judge William H. Hastie (center, wearing glasses) and his wife Beryl Hastie stand with other guests in the receiving line at a dinner in honor of Vice President Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-249-14-62
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (third from left) and Lady Bird Johnson visit with unidentified guests at a dinner in honor of Vice President Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. Standing in the background at right are (L-R): Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission Glenn T. Seaborg; Beryl Hastie, wife of Judge William H. Hastie (facing away); Judge Hastie (mostly hidden); and Dr. Ella Haith Weaver, wife of Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency Robert C. Weaver. Cross Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.