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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-06
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] and Marshall discuss civil rights legislation, and how it was innovative and yet inevitable; meetings between RFK and businessmen on civil rights legislation; RFK’s unintentional intimidation of the businessmen based on his history with Senate hearings on labor; attempting to put leadership in the community (North and South) to deal with the problem of segregation and other racial discrimination; hostile treatment of RFK in Alabama; working with the NAACP on school desegregation; the desegregation of the University of Alabama, and the question of if and how to bring in troops to help; and using the incident at the University of Alabama as a political stepping stone, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-WHP-04
This interview covers Robert F. Kennedy’s [RFK] interest and involvement in auto safety, RFK’s interactions with other senators, and public opinion on auto safety, among other topics.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-WHO-02
This interview covers Orrick’s time with the Foreign Service and antitrust division, communications between the White House and State Department, and Robert F. Kennedy’s [RFK] interests in the antitrust division, among other topics.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0897-003
This folder contains copies of an excerpt of Senator John F. Kennedy's speech before the National Screw Machine Products Association (later known as the Precision Machined Products Association) at the Hotel Shoreham in Washington, D.C. In his speech the Senator discusses a need for Federal tax reform and tax relief programs to aid small businesses.