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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AEH-02
In this interview Henry discusses how he first got involved in civil rights activity and how he became an active leader in the NAACP; contact with the Justice Department during the Dwight D. Eisenhower Administration; the FBI investigation into Henry and into the civil rights movement; Henry’s relationship with Medgar Evers; voting rights and voter registration campaigns; beatings and killings of activists in Mississippi; the NAACP and the 1960 presidential election; Jim Silver; Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders; labor movement leadership and the NAACP in the sixties; the relationships among the various civil rights organizations, including the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, SCLC, and SNCC; organizing boycotts of certain stores; Henry’s arrest in 1961; and the disappearance and murder of Andrew Goodman, Mickey Schwerner, and James Chaney in 1964, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-C
ST34, KN40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-24-C
ST34
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-TGW-02
In this interview Wicker discusses John F. Kennedy's [JFK] unique way of giving speeches; Lyndon B. Johnson’s unhappiness with his position as Vice President; Anthony J. Celebrezze’s appointment to the Cabinet, 1962; Wicker’s sources for Kennedy Without Tears; traveling with JFK to Texas in November, 1963; the motorcade through Dallas on November 22, 1963; the confusion after the shooting and learning what happened; gathering information from witnesses and hospital staff at Parkland Hospital; the announcement of JFK’s death and the general atmosphere after; Johnson’s swearing in as President; reporting on the day’s events from the airport; and the rapid transition to the Johnson White House, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-NCP-01
This interview focuses on Pierce’s interactions with the Kennedy family, John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] use of the Ushers’ Office, and the aftermath of JFK’s assassination, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JAJR-01
This interview covers Rowley serving on Harry S. Truman’s and Dwight Eisenhower’s security details, the operations of the Secret Service during the Kennedy administration, and the aftermath of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, among other topics.
Textual folder
United States Secret Service Records
USSS-025-002
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8255-J
View of the North Portico of the White House, draped in black mourning crepe, following the death of President John F. Kennedy. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-43-63
View of the East Room of the White House, draped in black mourning crepe, following the death of President John F. Kennedy. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-42-63
View of the Blue Room of the White House, draped in black mourning crepe, following the death of President John F. Kennedy. Washington, D.C. [Dark spots along top of image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-41-63
View of the Entrance Hall of the White House, draped in black mourning crepe, following the death of President John F. Kennedy. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-40-63
View of a fireplace and mantel in the Green Room of the White House, draped in black mourning crepe, following the death of President John F. Kennedy. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-39-63
View of the East Room of the White House, draped in black mourning crepe, following the death of President John F. Kennedy. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-38-63
View of a fireplace and mantel in the State Dining Room of the White House, draped in black mourning crepe, following the death of President John F. Kennedy. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-37-63
View of a fireplace and mantel in the Red Room of the White House, draped in black mourning crepe, following the death of President John F. Kennedy. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-36-63
View of flower arrangements and wreaths from heads of state, diplomats, and other foreign officials, received by the White House following the death of President John F. Kennedy. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-35-63
View of flower arrangements and wreaths from heads of state, diplomats, and other foreign officials, received by the White House following the death of President John F. Kennedy. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-34-63
View of flower arrangements and wreaths from heads of state, diplomats, and other foreign officials, received by the White House following the death of President John F. Kennedy. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-33-63
View of flower arrangements and wreaths from heads of state, diplomats, and other foreign officials, received by the White House following the death of President John F. Kennedy. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-32-63
View of flower arrangements and wreaths from heads of state, diplomats, and other foreign officials, received by the White House following the death of President John F. Kennedy. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-31-63
View of flower arrangements and wreaths from heads of state, diplomats, and other foreign officials, received by the White House following the death of President John F. Kennedy. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-30-63
View of flower arrangements and wreaths from heads of state, diplomats, and other foreign officials, received by the White House following the death of President John F. Kennedy. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-28-63
View of flower arrangements and wreaths from heads of state, diplomats, and other foreign officials, received by the White House following the death of President John F. Kennedy. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-26-63
View of the East Room of the White House, with curtains draped in black mourning crepe, following the death of President John F. Kennedy. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-25-63
View of a fireplace and mantel in the East Room of the White House, draped in black mourning crepe, following the death of President John F. Kennedy. Washington, D.C.