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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-19-B
AR07
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-NEH-02
In this interview Halaby discusses different civil rights issues throughout John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] Administration, including the process of and problems with desegregating airport terminals in accordance with Boynton v. Virginia (1960); the 1961 hijacking of a plane, referred to as the El Paso incident; constructing and dedicating the new John Foster Dulles Airport; federal transportation policy; different White House staff members and procedures; and running the Federal Aviation Administration, including problems with certain political figures, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-05
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] and Marshall discuss how John F. Kennedy [JFK] and RFK grew increasingly more involved with and concerned about civil rights; getting Martin Luther King out of jail during JFK’s 1960 campaign; civil rights advisers during JFK’s 1960 campaign; RFK becoming Attorney General amidst the civil rights battle and the transitional period in the Department of Justice [DOJ]; how Marshall got his position in the DOJ; the struggle over school desegregation; the New Orleans school crisis of February 1961; the Freedom Riders and violence against them; sending federal marshals to Alabama; trying to find a bus driver to get the Freedom Riders out of Birmingham, Alabama; criticism of RFK’s response to the Freedom Riders; how Freedom Riders were arrested and threatened in Mississippi; African-American voting rights in the South and DOJ authority; difficulties with judges; Supreme Court appointments; the FBI and organized crime; reorganization of the DOJ; RFK’s interactions with the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover after JFK’s death; Hoover’s allegations about JFK and the Kennedy family; the alleged FBI wiretapping of officials; JFK’s opinion of Hoover; FBI press releases; connecting the civil rights movement with communism to discredit it; FBI involvement in civil rights matters; issues with the FBI as having civilian control of a police force; JFK’s communication with King and other civil rights leaders; civil rights legislation; the issue of equal employment; the Civil Rights Commission; and violence against African Americans in Birmingham in the spring of 1963, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-04
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses American aid to Argentina; American, British, and French involvement in Africa; the 1962 executive order about segregation in federally-funded housing; appointing African-American judges; changes John F. Kennedy [JFK] was contemplating in the Alliance for Progress; the Dominican crisis; the wheat sale to the Soviet Union; the Bobby Baker case; preparing for JFK’s 1964 campaign; RFK’s return to work after JFK’s assassination and disagreements among the Cabinet members and under President Lyndon B. Johnson; changes in White House staff and the Democratic Party; RFK’s political plans for after 1964; and JFK’s opinions of his staff and appointees, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-02
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses the 1961 Berlin crisis; American forces, military and diplomatic, in Germany; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] recommendation for Americans to have fallout shelters; nuclear testing; problems with the Department of State; the start of the conflict in Vietnam, 1961; the Department of Justice under RFK and organized crime; RFK’s difficult relationship with J. Edgar Hoover; the wiretapping bill; new federal judgeships in 1961 and other presidential appointments; the Alliance for Progress; Red China; crises during JFK’s presidency and how he was an optimist; RFK’s move for an income tax increase during the Berlin crisis; RFK’s disagreements with President JFK; indecisiveness over picking JFK’s running mate, 1960; the missile gap; fighting and UN operations in the Congo; Nikita S. Khrushchev’s speeches; RFK’s 1962 trip to Japan, Indonesia, Germany, and other countries; the release of Allen L. Pope; Dutch disputes in Southeast Asia; the 1961 crisis in the Dominican Republic and the assassination of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina; the 1962 disarmament conference in Geneva; Edward M. Kennedy’s 1962 campaign for U.S. Senate; the Kennedy family national and political reputation; the Justice Department under RFK and civil rights; and the 1962 steel crisis, among other issues.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6596-C
President John F. Kennedy signs Public Law 87-36, Circuit & District Judges Appointment Act. Looking on, L-R: Congressman Emanuel Celler (New York); Senator James O. Eastland (Mississippi); Senator Olin Johnston (South Carolina); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); unidentified; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; unidentified; Deputy Attorney General, Byron White. Also included in the President’s schedule: Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Joseph F. Dolan; William Foley; Joseph Davis. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6596-B
President John F. Kennedy signs Public Law 87-36, Circuit & District Judges Appointment Act. Looking on, L-R: Congressman Emanuel Celler (New York); Senator James O. Eastland (Mississippi); Senator Olin Johnston (South Carolina); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); unidentified; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; unidentified; Deputy Attorney General, Byron White. Also included in the President’s schedule: Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Joseph F. Dolan; William Foley; Joseph Davis. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6596-A
President John F. Kennedy hands pen to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy after signing Public Law 87-36, Circuit & District Judges Appointment Act. Others, L-R: Congressman Emanuel Celler (New York); Senator James O. Eastland (Mississippi); Senator Olin Johnston (South Carolina); unidentified; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Deputy Attorney General, Byron White (far right). Also included in the President’s schedule: Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Joseph F. Dolan; William Foley; Joseph Davis. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.