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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.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M7-7-61
President John F. Kennedy stands with attendees of the Football Hall of Fame Dinner. L-R: White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, Jack Rubley; University of Alabama football coach, Paul "Bear" Bryant; WHASA staff member, John J. Cochran (in back); University of Alabama quarterback, Pat Trammell; University of Alabama President, Dr. Frank Rose; President Kennedy; sportscaster, Mel Allen; University of Alabama sports Hall of Famer, Young Boozer, Jr.; Birmingham News sports writer, Benny Marshall; Alabama businessman, Tom Russell; Director of Alumni Relations at the University of Alabama, Jeff Coleman. Room 805, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M7-3-61
President John F. Kennedy visits with attendees of the Football Hall of Fame Dinner. L-R: University of Alabama quarterback, Pat Trammell; University of Alabama President, Dr. Frank Rose (speaking on telephone); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran; Alabama businessman, Tom Russell (in foreground, back to camera); Press Secretary Pierre Salinger (in front of Russell, back to camera); President Kennedy; sportscaster, Mel Allen; Birmingham News sports writer, Benny Marshall; University of Alabama sports Hall of Famer, Young Boozer, Jr.; WHASA staff member, Jack Rubley (speaking on telephone). Room 805, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City.