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A. Philip Randolph Letters

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

Copyright: Public domain
Credit: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, Massachusetts. Papers of John F. Kennedy, Presidential Papers, White House Central File, Subject File
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Nine pages of correspondence from A. Philip Randolph to the White House. See details tab for item descriptions

Pages 1 and 2. Letter (5/4/62) from A. Philip Randolph to President Kennedy requesting a conference with him "concerning the increasingly worsening problems of the black laboring masses in our country." (2  pages)

Page 3. Telegram (8/2/62) from A. Philip Randolph to the President: "I WISH TO EXTEND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON YOUR TIMELY FORTHRIGHT AND CONSTRUCTIVE STATEMENT ON RACIAL TENSION IN ALBANY GEORGIA." (1 page)

Page 4 and 5. Telegram (10/1/62) from A. Philip Randolph congratulating the President on his actions in the admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi. (2 pages)

Page 6 and 7. Telegram (3/27/63) from A. Philip Randolph urging the President to send U.S. marshals and FBI agents to Greenwood, Mississippi where civil rights workers involved in voter registration had been attacked: "A WHITE MOB IS GATHERING IN THE AREA ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE IMMEDIATE FEDERAL ACTION BE TAKEN. REIGN OF TERROR BEING WAGED AGAINST NEGROES MUST END." (2 pages)

Page 8. Telegram (6/20/63) from A. Philip Randolph to President Kennedy, commending him for proposed civil rights legislation and asking that a Fair Employment Practices Commission be included. (1 page)

Page 9. Letter (8/13/63) from A. Philip Randolph to JFK about the upcoming March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, requesting that the President meet with the sponsoring committee on the day of the March. (1 page)