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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AEH-01
In this interview Henry discusses meeting John F. Kennedy [JFK] and Robert F. Kennedy; discussing Mississippi and civil rights issues with President JFK; voting rights and poll taxes; the freedom rides; the murder of three young activists in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964; Mississippi politics beginning in the late fifties; white people in Mississippi; school segregation; the 1960 presidential election; and early contact with the federal government and the Justice Department in 1961, among other issues.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-019-002
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether a legislative initiative would impose a quota system on death row inmates in order to reduce racial discrimination in death penalty (capital punishment) cases. The episode aired on Tuesday, May 29, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-036-009
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a crime bill provision to eliminate race discrimination in death penalty (capital punishment) cases. The episode aired on Friday, July 5, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-033-017
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether legislation to combat violent crimes against women should include sexual assault murder as a crime for which the death penalty (capital punishment) can be imposed. The episode aired on Tuesday, May 7, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-022-015
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate legislation calling for the death penalty (capital punishment) for anyone who, in the course of an organized drug crime, intentionally kills a law enforcement officer. The episode aired on Wednesday, May 25, 1988, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-029-011
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate legislation that would allow the death penalty (capital punishment) as punishment for those who, in the course of committing any drug-related crime, intentionally kill a law enforcement officer. The episode aired on Tuesday, October 18, 1988, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.