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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0369-006
Materials in this folder include letters questioning the constitutionality of the use of Federal troops in the University of Mississippi unrest, telegrams regarding the possible internment in Arlington Cemetery of slain National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Mississippi field secretary Medgar Evers, and telegrams suggesting the President withhold Federal funds from Mississippi. Of note is a telegram from Evers to the President concerning the mistreatment of African-Americans in Jackson, Mississippi. Also included in this folder is a letter from Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors member Frank E. Smith to Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, Burke Marshall concerning Smith’s knowledge of De La (Delay) Beckworth, the man charged with the murder of Evers.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0369-005
Materials in this folder include letters regarding the shooting of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee(SNCC) members in Greenwood, Mississippi; letters condemning the Federal government’s involvement with the unrest arising from the admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and telegrams urgently requesting the President to send Federal troops to Greenwood, Mississippi and Leflore County to protect African-American citizens and SNCC members against violence. Also included in this folder is an issue of The Reporter magazine dated November 8, 1962 containing an article regarding Clyde Kennard and his attempted admission to the University of Southern Mississippi.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0369-004
Materials in this folder include requests for an investigation into the shootings of members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), in Greenwood, Mississippi; letters in support of the President’s actions taken in connection with unrest at the University of Mississippi and the admission of James Meredith; and a letter from a resident of Alabama questioning the constitutionality of the admission of Meredith to the University of Mississippi and the Federal response to the situation.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0369-003
Materials in this folder include letters and telegrams in support of the President’s actions concerning the unrest in Oxford, Mississippi and the admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0369-002
Materials in this folder include letters and telegrams in support of the President’s actions taken in connection with the admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; letters and telegrams condemning the President’s use of Federal troops during the unrest at the University of Mississippi; and telegrams from Mississippi mayors supporting Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett in the University of Mississippi situation.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0369-001
Materials in this folder include clippings from New Hampshire newspapers regarding the admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi, letters and telegrams in support of the President’s actions on the Meredith situation, a letter from Director of Public Relations for University of Mississippi Marvin M. Black to Press Secretary Pierre Salinger, and letters and telegrams from members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) concerning violence in the South and the safety of African-Americans in Mississippi as a result of Meredith’s admission. Also included in this folder are copies of Mississippi State Legislature House Concurrent Resolution No. 18 and Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 108 condemning the actions of the Federal government in connection with the admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-010
Materials in this folder include petitions, telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning desegregation at the University of Mississippi, with specific emphasis on student James Meredith’s activities and the use of military personnel to maintain public safety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-009
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning racially motivated violence, incidents of voter intimidation, desegregation at the University of Mississippi, and the use of military personnel to maintain public safety in Mississippi.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-008
Materials in this folder include petitions, telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations, racially motivated violence, incidents of police misconduct, and desegregation of public facilities and educational institutions.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-007
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations, desegregation of educational institutions, and policies prohibiting discriminatory employment practices. The folder also contains copies of a statement on civil rights by Indiana Governor Matthew Welsh.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-006
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations affiliated with the Albany Movement and the arrest of clergy members in Albany, Georgia, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Of note are telegrams to President Kennedy from Albany Movement leader Dr. William G. Anderson.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-005
Materials in this folder include telegrams, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations, incidents of racially motivated violence, a policy prohibiting separate funeral and burial service contracts for veterans of different races, and the arrest of clergy members in Albany, Georgia, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Of note is a telegram to President Kennedy from Dr. King.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-004
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations, racially integrated housing, the activities of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and the arrest of clergy members in Albany, Georgia, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Of note is a telegram to President Kennedy from Dr. King.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-003
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations and racially motivated violence in Albany, Georgia.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-002
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between President Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations, the administration’s policy of speaking appearances for segregated audiences, and the arrest of civil rights advocates in Albany, Georgia, including Reverend Ralph Abernathy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0009-008
This folder contains correspondence between members of the White House staff and the public regarding books, publications, poems, and other writings. The folder also contains correspondence with and about various writers, as well as poems and manuscripts sent to the White House.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0009-007
This folder contains correspondence between members of the White House staff and the public regarding books, publications, poems, and other writings. The folder also contains correspondence with and about various writers, as well as poems and manuscripts sent to the White House.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0009-005
This folder contains correspondence between members of the White House staff and the public regarding books, publications, poems, and other writings. The folder also contains correspondence with and about various writers.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0009-004
This folder contains correspondence between members of the White House staff and the public regarding books, publications, poems, and other writings. The folder also contains correspondence with and about various writers.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0009-003
This folder contains correspondence between members of the White House staff and the public regarding books, publications, poems, and other writings. The folder also contains correspondence with and about various writers.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0009-002
This folder contains correspondence between members of the White House staff and the public regarding books, publications, poems, and other writings. The folder also contains correspondence with and about various writers, as well as poems and manuscripts sent to the White House.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0009-001
This folder contains correspondence between members of the White House staff and the public regarding books, publications, poems, and other writings. The folder also contains correspondence with and about various writers, as well as poems and manuscripts sent to the White House.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0008-016
This folder contains correspondence between members of the White House staff and the public regarding books, publications, poems, and other writings. The folder also contains correspondence with and about various writers, as well as poems and manuscripts sent to the White House.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0008-015
This folder contains correspondence between members of the White House staff and the public regarding books, publications, poems, and other writings. The folder also contains correspondence with and about various writers, as well as poems and manuscripts sent to the White House.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0008-013
This folder contains correspondence between members of the White House staff and the public regarding books, publications, poems, and other writings. The folder also contains correspondence with and about various writers.