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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.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AJB-02
Biemiller discusses the Kennedy and Johnson administrations’ legislative records, particularly on labor issues; specific issues and pieces of legislation; civil rights; and the labor movement’s relationship with the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-PBE-08
Edelman discusses the 1967 New York constitutional convention, the 1960s US hunger crisis, and Robert F. Kennedy's 1967 speeches and statements, among other issues.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-24-B
AR41, ST32
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6618-E
President John F. Kennedy signs Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Standing, L-R: Chairman of the Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), Dr. Fernando Lobo; Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota (behind Rayburn); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (Michigan); Congressman Otto Passman (Louisiana); Congressman Chester E. Merrow (New Hampshire); Congressman William H. Natcher (Kentucky); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Senator Wayne Morse (Oregon); Congressman John J. Rooney (New York); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); unidentified; former President Harry S. Truman. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6618-B
President John F. Kennedy signs Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Standing, L-R: Chairman of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) and Ambassador of Uruguay, Carlos A. Clulow; Secretary General of the OAS, Dr. José Mora; Chairman of the Council of the OAS, Dr. Fernando Lobo; Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Otto Passman (Louisiana); Congressman Chester E. Merrow (New Hampshire); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Senator Wayne Morse (Oregon); Congressman John J. Rooney (New York); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); unidentified; former President Harry S. Truman (facing away); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Wymberley Coerr. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6618-A
President John F. Kennedy speaks prior to signing Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Others, L-R: Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Chairman of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) and Ambassador of Uruguay, Carlos A. Clulow; unidentified man in back; Secretary General of the OAS, Dr. José Mora; Chairman of the Council of the OAS, Dr. Fernando Lobo; Congressman Silvio O. Conte of Massachusetts (in back); Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr., of Michigan (in shadow); Congressman William H. Natcher of Kentucky (in back); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Senator Wayne Morse (Oregon); Congressman John J. Rooney (New York); former President Harry S. Truman; Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); two unidentified men. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6672-C
President John F. Kennedy signs the S-1922 Public Law 87-70, Housing Act of 1961. (L-R) Congressman Charles Vanik (Ohio); Senator Harrison Williams, Jr. (New Jersey); Congressman William S. Moorhead (Pennsylvania); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Mayor of Philadelphia Richardson Dilworth; Robert C. Weaver, Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HFFA); Jack T. Conway, Deputy Administrator of the HHFA; Marie C. McGuire, Commissioner of the Public Housing Administration; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congresswoman Leonor K. Sullivan (Missouri); Congressman Brent Spence (Kentucky); Senator Maurine Neuberger (Oregon); and Senator Edmund S. Muskie (Maine). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6672-B
President John F. Kennedy prepares to sign the S-1922 Public Law 87-70, Housing Act of 1961. (L-R) Unidentified man; Congressman Charles Vanik (Ohio); Senator Harrison Williams, Jr. (New Jersey); Congressman William S. Moorhead (Pennsylvania); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Mayor of Philadelphia Richardson Dilworth; Robert C. Weaver, Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HFFA); Jack T. Conway, Deputy Administrator of the HHFA; Marie C. McGuire, Commissioner of the Public Housing Administration; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congresswoman Leonor K. Sullivan (Missouri); Congressman Brent Spence (Kentucky); Senator Edmund S. Muskie (Maine); Senator Maurine Neuberger (Oregon); and an unidentified man. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6672-A
President John F. Kennedy prepares to sign the S-1922 Public Law 87-70, Housing Act of 1961. (L-R) Unidentified man; Congressman Charles Vanik (Ohio); Senator Harrison Williams, Jr. (New Jersey); Congressman William S. Moorhead (Pennsylvania); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Mayor of Philadelphia Richardson Dilworth; Robert C. Weaver, Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HFFA); Jack T. Conway, Deputy Administrator of the HHFA; Marie C. McGuire, Commissioner of the Public Housing Administration; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Kennedy; Congresswoman Leonor K. Sullivan (Missouri); Congressman Brent Spence (Kentucky); Senator Maurine Neuberger (Oregon); Senator Edmund S. Muskie (Maine); unidentified man; Congressman Wright Patman (Texas); and two unidentified men. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6671-A
President John F. Kennedy signs H.R. 6027 Public Law 87-64, Old Age, Survivors, and Dependents Insurance Act, an amendment to the Social Security Act of 1961. (L-R) Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Congressman Wilbur Mills (Arkansas); Senator John J. Williams (Delaware); Congressman Thomas J. O’Brien (Illinois); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Kennedy; Senator Robert Kerr (Oklahoma); Congressman John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff; and Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Wilbur J. Cohen. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-476-2-63
President John F. Kennedy (seated at table) signs the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, an amendment to the Social Security Act. Those standing around table include (beginning at far left): Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Vance Hartke (Indiana); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Representative Eugene J. Keogh (New York); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Lister Hill (Alabama); Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); President of the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC), John G. Fettinger; Gwendolyn Fettinger; Executive Director of NARC, Dr. Gunnar Dybwad; Eunice Kennedy Shriver, consultant to the President's Panel on Mental Retardation; Special Assistant to the President for Mental Retardation, Dr. Stafford L. Warren; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; Deputy Special Counsel to the President, Myer Feldman. Motion picture photographers film at far right. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-476-1-63
President John F. Kennedy (seated at table) delivers remarks at the signing of the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, an amendment to the Social Security Act. Those standing around table include (beginning at far left): Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Vance Hartke (Indiana); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Representative Eugene J. Keogh (New York); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Lister Hill (Alabama); Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); President of the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC), John G. Fettinger; Gwendolyn Fettinger; Executive Director of NARC, Dr. Gunnar Dybwad; Eunice Kennedy Shriver, consultant to the President's Panel on Mental Retardation; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR8206-F
President John F. Kennedy (seated at table) hands a pen to Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas) after signing the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, an amendment to the Social Security Act. Standing (left to right): Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Ivan A. Nestingen; Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Vance Hartke (Indiana); Representative Mills (receiving a pen from President Kennedy); unidentified (in back); Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Representative Albert Thomas of Texas (in back, partially hidden); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); unidentified (in back); Senator Lister Hill (Alabama); unidentified (in back); Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); unidentified (in back); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); unidentified (in back). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8206-D
President John F. Kennedy (seated at table) signs the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, an amendment to the Social Security Act. Looking on (left to right): Senator Vance Hartke (Indiana); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; unidentified (in back); Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Representative Albert Thomas of Texas (in back, partially obscured by flag); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (in back); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); two unidentified (in back); Senator Lister Hill (Alabama); two unidentified (in back); Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); five unidentified; President of the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC), John G. Fettinger (wearing bow tie); Gwendolyn Fettinger; unidentified; Executive Director of NARC, Dr. Gunnar Dybwad (wearing bow tie); two unidentified (in back); Eunice Kennedy Shriver, consultant to the President's Panel on Mental Retardation. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18243
President John F. Kennedy signs H.R. 6027 Public Law 87-64, Old Age, Survivors, and Dependents Insurance Act, an amendment to the Social Security Act of 1961. (L-R) Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Congressman Wilbur Mills (Arkansas); Senator John J. Williams (Delaware); Congressman Thomas J. O’Brien (Illinois); President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Robert Kerr (Oklahoma); Congressman John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C18242
President John F. Kennedy signs H.R. 6027 Public Law 87-64, Old Age, Survivors, and Dependents Insurance Act, an amendment to the Social Security Act of 1961. (L-R) Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Congressman Wilbur Mills (Arkansas); Senator John J. Williams (Delaware); Congressman Thomas J. O’Brien (Illinois); President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Robert Kerr (Oklahoma); Congressman John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17942
President John F. Kennedy signs Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Others, L-R: Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Congressman Silvio O. Conte (Massachusetts); Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas); President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Senator Carl Hayden (Arizona); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); Congressman Otto Passman (Louisiana); Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr., of Michigan (in back); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Congressman William H. Natcher (Kentucky); Congressman John J. Rooney (New York); former President Harry S. Truman; Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); unidentified man (on edge of frame). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17941
President John F. Kennedy signs Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Others, L-R: Chairman of the Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), Dr. Fernando Lobo; Congressman John J. Rhodes (Arizona); Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Congressman Silvio O. Conte (Massachusetts); Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas); President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Senator Carl Hayden (Arizona); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); Congressman Otto Passman (Louisiana); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Congressman William H. Natcher (Kentucky); Congressman John J. Rooney (New York). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17940
President John F. Kennedy signs Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Others, L-R: Congressman John J. Rhodes (Arizona); Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Congressman Silvio O. Conte (Massachusetts); Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas); President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Senator Carl Hayden (Arizona); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); Congressman Otto Passman (Louisiana); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Congressman William H. Natcher (Kentucky); Congressman John J. Rooney (New York); former President Harry S. Truman; Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17939
President John F. Kennedy signs Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Others, L-R: Chairman of the Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), Dr. Fernando Lobo; Congressman John J. Rhodes (Arizona); Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Congressman Silvio O. Conte (Massachusetts); Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas); President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Senator Carl Hayden (Arizona); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Otto Passman (Louisiana); Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr., of Michigan (in back); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); former President Harry S. Truman. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17938
President John F. Kennedy speaks prior to signing Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Others, L-R: Chairman of the Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), Dr. Fernando Lobo; Congressman John J. Rhodes (Arizona); Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Congressman Silvio O. Conte (Massachusetts); Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas); President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Senator Carl Hayden (Arizona); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota (in back); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); Congressman Otto Passman (Louisiana); former President Harry S. Truman; Congressman William H. Natcher of Kentucky (in back); Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon (in front of Natcher); Congressman John J. Rooney of New York (in front of Morse). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17937
President John F. Kennedy speaks prior to signing Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Others, L-R: Chairman of the Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), Dr. Fernando Lobo; Congressman John J. Rhodes (Arizona); Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Congressman Silvio O. Conte (Massachusetts); Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas); President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Senator Carl Hayden (Arizona); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota (in back); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); Congressman Otto Passman (Louisiana); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); former President Harry S. Truman; Congressman John J. Rooney (New York). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.