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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-05
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] and Marshall discuss how John F. Kennedy [JFK] and RFK grew increasingly more involved with and concerned about civil rights; getting Martin Luther King out of jail during JFK’s 1960 campaign; civil rights advisers during JFK’s 1960 campaign; RFK becoming Attorney General amidst the civil rights battle and the transitional period in the Department of Justice [DOJ]; how Marshall got his position in the DOJ; the struggle over school desegregation; the New Orleans school crisis of February 1961; the Freedom Riders and violence against them; sending federal marshals to Alabama; trying to find a bus driver to get the Freedom Riders out of Birmingham, Alabama; criticism of RFK’s response to the Freedom Riders; how Freedom Riders were arrested and threatened in Mississippi; African-American voting rights in the South and DOJ authority; difficulties with judges; Supreme Court appointments; the FBI and organized crime; reorganization of the DOJ; RFK’s interactions with the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover after JFK’s death; Hoover’s allegations about JFK and the Kennedy family; the alleged FBI wiretapping of officials; JFK’s opinion of Hoover; FBI press releases; connecting the civil rights movement with communism to discredit it; FBI involvement in civil rights matters; issues with the FBI as having civilian control of a police force; JFK’s communication with King and other civil rights leaders; civil rights legislation; the issue of equal employment; the Civil Rights Commission; and violence against African Americans in Birmingham in the spring of 1963, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-06-04-A
AR22, KN17
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22152
President John F. Kennedy attends poultry tariff meeting. Left to right: President of the Georgia Poultry Federation, Cliff Clegg; President of the Cotton Producers Association (CPA), D. W. Brooks (mostly hidden); Governor of Mississippi, Ross Barnett; Governor of Georgia, S. Ernest Vandiver; President Kennedy; Governor of Maryland, J. Millard Tawes; Governor of Delaware, Elbert N. Carvel; Commissioner of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, L. Y. Ballentine; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Commissioner of the Florida Department of Agriculture, Doyle E. Conner (mostly hidden on edge of frame). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22151
President John F. Kennedy attends poultry tariff meeting. Left to right: President of the Cotton Producers Association (CPA), D. W. Brooks; Governor of Mississippi, Ross Barnett; Governor of Georgia, S. Ernest Vandiver; Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, W. F. Moss (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy; Governor of Maryland, J. Millard Tawes; and Governor of Delaware, Elbert N. Carvel. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7278-D
President John F. Kennedy attends poultry tariff meeting. Left to right: chairman of the International Trade Development Committee, Joseph O. Parker; President of the Georgia Poultry Federation, Cliff Clegg; unidentified (in back); President of the Cotton Producers Association (CPA), D. W. Brooks; Executive Secretary of the Georgia Poultry Federation, Abit Massey (in back, mostly hidden); Governor of Mississippi, Ross Barnett; Executive Secretary for the Virginia Poultry Federation, Paul Williams (in back, partially hidden); Governor of Georgia, S. Ernest Vandiver; unidentified (in back); Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, W. F. Moss (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy; Governor of Maryland, J. Millard Tawes; Governor of Delaware, Elbert N. Carvel; Commissioner of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, L. Y. Ballentine; Commissioner of the Florida Department of Agriculture, Doyle E. Conner; unidentified (in back); Legal Advisor to the Governor of Alabama, Robert P. Bradley; and Assistant Commissioner of the Florida Department Agriculture, Frank W. Risher (partially hidden on edge of frame). Also listed in the President's schedule: Commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Dave L. Pearce; Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Parke C. Brinkley; President of Painter's Poultry Company, George L. Painter; and Norman Sanders, of South Carolina. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7278-C
President John F. Kennedy attends poultry tariff meeting. Left to right: chairman of the International Trade Development Committee, Joseph O. Parker; unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); President of the Georgia Poultry Federation, Cliff Clegg; President of the Cotton Producers Association (CPA), D. W. Brooks; Executive Secretary of the Georgia Poultry Federation, Abit Massey (in back); Governor of Mississippi, Ross Barnett; Executive Secretary for the Virginia Poultry Federation, Paul Williams (in back); Governor of Georgia, S. Ernest Vandiver; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, W. F. Moss (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy; Governor of Maryland, J. Millard Tawes; Governor of Delaware, Elbert N. Carvel; Commissioner of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, L. Y. Ballentine; Commissioner of the Florida Department of Agriculture, Doyle E. Conner; unidentified (in back); Legal Advisor to the Governor of Alabama, Robert P. Bradley; and Assistant Commissioner of the Florida Department Agriculture, Frank W. Risher. Also listed in the President's schedule: Commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Dave L. Pearce; Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Parke C. Brinkley; President of Painter's Poultry Company, George L. Painter; and Norman Sanders, of South Carolina. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7278-B
President John F. Kennedy attends poultry tariff meeting. Left to right: Governor of Mississippi, Ross Barnett; Executive Secretary for the Virginia Poultry Federation, Paul Williams (in back); Governor of Georgia, S. Ernest Vandiver; unidentified (in back); Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, W. F. Moss (in back, mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Governor of Maryland, J. Millard Tawes; and Governor of Delaware, Elbert N. Carvel. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7278-A
President John F. Kennedy attends poultry tariff meeting. Left to right: President of the Cotton Producers Association (CPA), D. W. Brooks; Executive Secretary of the Georgia Poultry Federation, Abit Massey (in back, partially hidden); Governor of Mississippi, Ross Barnett; Executive Secretary for the Virginia Poultry Federation, Paul Williams (in back); Governor of Georgia, S. Ernest Vandiver; unidentified (in back); Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, W. F. Moss (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy; Governor of Maryland, J. Millard Tawes; and Governor of Delaware, Elbert N. Carvel. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.