Close
Not finding the information you're looking for? Please contact the Archives research staff.
Photograph
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-037-006-p0005
Photograph of Burke Marshall (left) and Robert F. Kennedy (right) seated at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on civil rights legislation. Caption at the bottom of the photograph reads, "Washington, Aug. 1 -- HUDDLE UNDER QUESTIONING--Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy confers with his civil rights deputy, Burke Marshall, left, while being questioned before the Senate Judiciary Committee today. It was Kennedy's sixth appearance during hearing [sic] on civil rights legislation." A hand-made caption above Mr. Marshall reads, "And put down a chapter on the problems of the average American Negro by Lena Horne." Verso contains a "World Wide Photos" stamp.
Photograph
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-028-001-p0018
Photograph of an unidentified man standing in front of a billboard on United States Route 1 near Richmond, Virginia. The billboard was erected by the Virgina Council on Human Relations and reads, "Be color blind, hire the best man."
Photograph
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-004-011-p0030
Photograph of an unidentified woman holding a bag containing two dolls that says, "New Front Tears." The photograph accompanies a letter sent to Burke Marshall, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, from Henry Cabirac, Jr. of the Southern Field Service, National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice. According to Mr. Cabirac, the photograph was taken the day Archibishop Joseph Francis Rummel announced the desegregation of all Catholic schools in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Photograph
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-037-006-p0017
Photograph of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Burke Marshall (center with bow tie) and six unidentified individuals standing in front of a fireplace. Herbert E. Tucker, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts, stands third from left.
Photograph
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-037-006-p0015
Photograph of Department of Justice staff and United States Marshals in front of a fountain behind the Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C. Included in the photo are Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Burke Marshall (both men are standing in the front row).
Photograph
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-037-006-p0014
Photograph of Department of Justice staff and United States Marshals in front of a fountain behind the Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C. Included in the photo are Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Burke Marshall (both men are standing in the front row).
Photograph
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-037-006-p0012
Photograph of Senator Harrison A. Williams of New Jersey, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Burke Marshall, and Joe Hutnyan of United Press International (UPI) seated together behind a table with name placards.
Photograph
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-037-006-p0011
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy holds a press conference in his office upon signing the Treaty of Cambridge, an agreement between civil rights activists and city leaders to end segregation and put an end to violence in Cambridge, Maryland. (L-R, seated) Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Burke Marshall; Attorney General of Maryland Thomas B. Finan; civil rights activist Gloria Richardson; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; and Mayor of Cambridge Calvin W. Mowbray. (L-R, standing) Unidentified man (with bow tie); Dr. Arthur S. Parker, Cambridge City Commissioner; Charles Awdry Thompson, counsel for Commissioners of Cambridge; and Reginald Robinson, field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Photograph
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-037-006-p0010
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy holds a press conference in his office upon signing the Treaty of Cambridge, an agreement between civil rights activists and city leaders to end segregation and put an end to violence in Cambridge, Maryland. (L-R, seated) Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Burke Marshall; Attorney General of Maryland Thomas B. Finan; civil rights activist Gloria Richardson; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; and Mayor of Cambridge Calvin W. Mowbray. (L-R, standing) Unidentified man (with bow tie); Dr. Arthur S. Parker, Cambridge City Commissioner; Charles Awdry Thompson, counsel for Commissioners of Cambridge; and Reginald Robinson, field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Photograph
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-037-006-p0008
Photograph of a certificate of manumission for a boy named Jambo, written and signed by Isaac Rushmore of Queens County, New York.
Photograph
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-037-006-p0003
Photograph of the United States Department of Justice building as it appears from the intersection of 9th Street and Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C.
Photograph
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-018-010-p0061
Photograph of the A.G. Gaston Building (currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places) in Birmingham, Alabama. The photograph accompanies an information packet about the African American community in Birmingham.