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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-OWH-01
In this interview Hill discusses working on John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] 1960 presidential campaign; the negative reaction to Lyndon B. Johnson as the vice-presidential candidate in the South and among African-Americans; difficulties for the Southern operations of the JFK campaign; getting the African-American vote in the South for JFK in the 1960 election; working with and around different civil rights groups and leaders in the 1960 campaign; other campaign staff members at the federal and state levels; attempts to solve the problem of discrimination in housing during JFK’s Administration; the Federal Housing Administration, including staff and directives and projects in the South; the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunities in Housing; and the 1962 executive order in housing, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-20-A
AR07
Textual folder
James Saxon Personal Papers
JSPP-002-011
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0964-025
This folder contains correspondence between Senator John F. Kennedy, members of the Senator’s staff, and various individuals containing expressions of general support for Senator Kennedy’s 1960 presidential campaign; and concerning the Senator’s trip to Tennessee, campaign efforts in the state, and labor legislation. Also included in this folder is a list of Tennessee delegates and alternates to the 1960 Democratic National Convention.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0374-009
Materials in this folder include a telegram, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frank D. Reeves, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of racially motivated voter intimidation in Tennessee and the pending 23rd Amendment to the Constitution permitting citizens of Washington, D.C. to vote in federal elections.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6599-C
President John F. Kennedy signs amendment to Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. Looking on, L-R: Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Congressman Robert A. “Fats” Everett (Tennessee); Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman; Congressman John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Congressman Paul C. Jones (Missouri); Senator Allen Ellender (Louisiana); Congressman E. C. "Took" Gathings (Arkansas). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6599-B
President John F. Kennedy signs amendment to Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. Looking on, L-R: Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Congressman Robert A. “Fats” Everett (Tennessee); Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman; Congressman John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Congressman Paul C. Jones (Missouri); Senator Allen Ellender (Louisiana); Congressman E. C. "Took" Gathings (Arkansas). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6599-A
President John F. Kennedy hands out pens after signing amendment to Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. L-R: Congressman Robert A. “Fats” Everett (Tennessee); President Kennedy; Congressman John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Senator Allen Ellender (Louisiana); Congressman E. C. "Took" Gathings (Arkansas). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.