Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-18355
President John F. Kennedy meets with representatives from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). President Kennedy (seated in rocking chair); Bishop Stephen G. Spottswood, Chairman of the NAACP Board of Directors (standing right, back to camera). Standing, rear (L – R): Medgar Evers, Mississippi NAACP Field Secretary; Calvin Luper, Oklahoma City NAACP Youth Council President; Edward Turner, President of Detroit NAACP branch; Rev. W.J. Hodge; Dr. S.Y. Nixson; C.R. Darden, President of Mississippi NAACP State Conference branches; Kelly M. Alexander, member of NAACP Board of Directors; Kivie Kaplan, Chairman of NAACP Life Membership Committee; others unidentified (some partially hidden). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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