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About Oral History
Digital Identifier
JFKOH-AEH-01
Interviewee(s)
Henry, Aaron E. (Aaron Edd), 1922-1997
Biographical Note
(1922 - 1997) Civil rights activist; Executive Committee, Mississippi Democratic Party; President, Mississippi State Conference, NAACP (1953-1993); Council of Federated Organizations (1961); Mississippi Democratic Freedom Party (1964); Mississippi House of Representatives (1982-1996)
Interviewer(s)
Dennis J. O'Brien
Access Restriction Status
Open
Use Restriction Status
None
Description
In this interview Henry discusses meeting John F. Kennedy [JFK] and Robert F. Kennedy; discussing Mississippi and civil rights issues with President JFK; voting rights and poll taxes; the freedom rides; the murder of three young activists in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964; Mississippi politics beginning in the late fifties; white people in Mississippi; school segregation; the 1960 presidential election; and early contact with the federal government and the Justice Department in 1961, among other issues.
Date(s) of Materials
7 May 1969
Deed Status
Rights Transferred Upon Death of Donor
Copyright Status
Retained by Donor
Collection
Series
Series 1. John F. Kennedy Oral History Interviews, 1964-2012.
Preferred Citation
Aaron E. Henry, recorded interview by Dennis J. O'Brien, May 7, 1969, (page number), John F. Kennedy Library Oral History Program.
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Use Restriction Note
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Accession Number
OH 1990-026
Transcript
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