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photograph of White House press corps reports to the press

What were the methods and motives of the press in the James Meredith case? These transcripts from White House press conferences record questions from the White House press corps to the Kennedy Administration regarding the crisis in Mississippi.

  the documents

links to documents photographs of White House Press Secretaries Pierre Salinger and Andrew Hatcher go to transcript of press conference with Assistant Press Secretary Andrew T. Hatcher go to transcript of press conference with Press Secretary Pierre Salinger


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