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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-008
Materials in this folder include a telegram, memoranda, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various White House staff members, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discriminatory employment practices, executive orders regarding the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, voter registration for Spanish-speaking citizens, efforts by defense contractors and labor organizations to eliminate discriminatory practices, and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment, with specific emphasis on African Americans. The folder also contains a copy of The American Federalist, the magazine of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), and a statement by Thomas E. Harris, Associate General Counsel of the AFL-CIO, before the General Subcommittee of the House Committee on Education and Labor concerning pending employment legislation.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-007
Materials in this folder include a telegram, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning non-discriminatory policies for major defense contractors, the activities of the President’s Committee for Equal Employment Opportunity, and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment, with specific emphasis on African Americans in the United States Foreign Service. The folder also contains a report from the Civil Rights Subcabinet Committee.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-006
Materials in this folder include memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning non-discriminatory employment policies for major defense contractors, the activities of the President’s Committee for Equal Employment Opportunity, and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment, with specific emphasis on African Americans.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-005
Materials in this folder include memoranda, a press release, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning federal employment opportunities for African Americans, with specific emphasis on the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. Of note is a letter from President Kennedy to baseball player Jackie Robinson (then the Vice President of Chock Full o’ Nuts).