About Folder
Title
HU: 2: FG 216 (District of Columbia): General
Collection
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
Finding Aid | Digitized Content
Finding Aid | Digitized Content
Digital Identifier
JFKWHCSF-0365-008
Date(s) of Materials
23 October 1961-4 December 1963
Folder Description
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between various members of the White House staff and individual citizens concerning incidents of religious discrimination, discriminatory housing practices, discriminatory employment practices, and the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a large political rally during which Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech advocating harmonious racial relations. The folder also contains transcripts of television broadcasts concerning the civil rights demonstration. Of note are signed letters from entertainer Josephine Baker to President Kennedy.
Extent / Physical Description
326 digital pages
Series
Series 22. Human Rights (HU).
Preferred Citation
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files. HU: 2: FG 216 (District of Columbia): General
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Media Type
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Some of the archival materials in this collection may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish.
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction.
One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excesses of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. The copyright law extends its protection to unpublished works from the moment of creation in a tangible form.
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