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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-OWH-01
In this interview Hill discusses working on John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] 1960 presidential campaign; the negative reaction to Lyndon B. Johnson as the vice-presidential candidate in the South and among African-Americans; difficulties for the Southern operations of the JFK campaign; getting the African-American vote in the South for JFK in the 1960 election; working with and around different civil rights groups and leaders in the 1960 campaign; other campaign staff members at the federal and state levels; attempts to solve the problem of discrimination in housing during JFK’s Administration; the Federal Housing Administration, including staff and directives and projects in the South; the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunities in Housing; and the 1962 executive order in housing, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LEM-02
In this interview Martin discusses African American voters in the 1960 presidential election; dealing with African American press during John F. Kennedy's [JFK] 1960 presidential campaign; Lyndon B. Johnson’s vice-presidential nomination and African American press; getting prominent African Americans to endorse JFK; the telephone call from JFK to Coretta Scott King, 1960; and mobilizing the African American vote for JFK in different American cities in 1960, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-02-07-E
AR32, ST20, KN30
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-030-010
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-019-013
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-019-012
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-83-3-63
President John F. Kennedy (seated at center) attends a luncheon for newspaper publishers and editors from Georgia. Seated at table (clockwise, beginning left of President Kennedy): Editor of the Tri-County Advertiser, Amilee Chastain Graves (not visible); President and Publisher of the Marietta Journal, Brooks P. Smith; Editor of the Atlanta Constitution, Eugene C. Patterson; President and Publisher of the West Point Valley Times-News, Doyle E. Shirley; Publisher of the LaGrange News, Glen O. Long (mostly obscured); President of the Cordele Dispatch, Elden Wayne Mathews; President and Editor of the Thomasville Times-Enterprise, Lee Edward Kelly, Jr.; Editor of the Swainsboro Forest-Blade, William C. Rogers (mostly obscured); Editor of the Cairo Messenger, Herbert Hamilton Wind, Jr.; Editor of the Walton Tribune, Sanders Camp, Sr.; Editor and General Manager of the Atlanta Daily World, Cornelius Adolphus Scott (not visible); Publisher of the Griffin News, Oliver Quimby Melton, Sr. (not visible); President and Publisher of the Columbus Enquirer and Ledger, Maynard R. Ashworth (mostly obscured); White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger (not visible); Editor of the Carroll County Georgian, D. Stanley Parkman; Publisher of the Macon Telegraph and the Macon News, Peyton T. Anderson (mostly obscured); Publisher and Editor of the Milledgeville Union-Recorder, Powell A. Moore; Editor of the Valdosta Times, John Turner Rockwell, Jr.; President and Editor of the Tifton Gazette, Homer M. Rankin; Publisher and Editor of the Dublin Courier-Herald, Walter H. Champion; Editor of the Bulloch Herald, Leodel Coleman, Sr.; Publisher and Editor of the Albany Herald, James H. Gray; Publisher and Editor of the Americus Times-Recorder, James R. Blair; Publisher and Editor of the Cartersville Tribune News, John T. Fleetwood; Assistant to the Publisher of the August Chronicle and Herald and the Savannah News and Press, William S. Morris III; President of the Moultrie Observer, Max E. Nussbaum, Jr.; and President of the Georgia Press Association, Jack Williams, Jr. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-83-2-63
President John F. Kennedy (seated at center left, face partially obscured) attends a luncheon for newspaper publishers and editors from Georgia. Seated at table (clockwise, beginning at far head of table): President and Editor of the Thomasville Times-Enterprise, Lee Edward Kelly, Jr.; Editor of the Swainsboro Forest-Blade, William C. Rogers; Editor of the Cairo Messenger, Herbert Hamilton Wind, Jr.; Editor of the Walton Tribune, Sanders Camp, Sr. (mostly obscured); Editor and General Manager of the Atlanta Daily World, Cornelius Adolphus Scott; Publisher of the Griffin News, Oliver Quimby Melton, Sr. (mostly obscured); President and Publisher of the Columbus Enquirer and Ledger, Maynard R. Ashworth; White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Editor of the Carroll County Georgian, D. Stanley Parkman; Publisher of the Macon Telegraph and the Macon News, Peyton T. Anderson; Publisher and Editor of the Milledgeville Union-Recorder, Powell A. Moore; Editor of the Valdosta Times, John Turner Rockwell, Jr. (mostly obscured); President and Editor of the Tifton Gazette, Homer M. Rankin; Publisher and Editor of the Dublin Courier-Herald, Walter H. Champion; Editor of the Bulloch Herald, Leodel Coleman, Sr.; Publisher and Editor of the Albany Herald, James H. Gray; Publisher and Editor of the Americus Times-Recorder, James R. Blair; Publisher and Editor of the Cartersville Tribune News, John T. Fleetwood; Assistant to the Publisher of the August Chronicle and Herald and the Savannah News and Press, William S. Morris III (mostly obscured); President of the Moultrie Observer, Max E. Nussbaum, Jr.; President of the Georgia Press Association, Jack Williams, Jr.; President Kennedy; and Editor of the Tri-County Advertiser, Amilee Chastain Graves. Mostly obscured or not visible (seated clockwise beginning after Ms. Graves): President and Publisher of the Marietta Journal, Brooks P. Smith; Editor of the Atlanta Constitution, Eugene C. Patterson; President and Publisher of the West Point Valley Times-News, Doyle E. Shirley; Publisher of the LaGrange News, Glen O. Long; and President of the Cordele Dispatch, Elden Wayne Mathews. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-83-1-63
President John F. Kennedy (seated near center right) attends a luncheon for newspaper publishers and editors from Georgia. Seated at table (clockwise, beginning left of President Kennedy): Editor of the Tri-County Advertiser, Amilee Chastain Graves; President and Publisher of the Marietta Journal, Brooks P. Smith; Editor of the Atlanta Constitution, Eugene C. Patterson; President and Publisher of the West Point Valley Times-News, Doyle E. Shirley; Publisher of the LaGrange News, Glen O. Long; President of the Cordele Dispatch, Elden Wayne Mathews; President and Editor of the Thomasville Times-Enterprise, Lee Edward Kelly, Jr.; Editor of the Swainsboro Forest-Blade, William C. Rogers; Editor of the Cairo Messenger, Herbert Hamilton Wind, Jr.; Editor of the Walton Tribune, Sanders Camp, Sr.; Editor and General Manager of the Atlanta Daily World, Cornelius Adolphus Scott (mostly obscured); Publisher of the Griffin News, Oliver Quimby Melton, Sr.; President and Publisher of the Columbus Enquirer and Ledger, Maynard R. Ashworth; White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Editor of the Carroll County Georgian, D. Stanley Parkman (mostly obscured); Publisher of the Macon Telegraph and the Macon News, Peyton T. Anderson; Publisher and Editor of the Milledgeville Union-Recorder, Powell A. Moore (mostly obscured); Editor of the Valdosta Times, John Turner Rockwell, Jr.; President and Editor of the Tifton Gazette, Homer M. Rankin (mostly obscured); Publisher and Editor of the Dublin Courier-Herald, Walter H. Champion (mostly obscured); Editor of the Bulloch Herald, Leodel Coleman, Sr.; Publisher and Editor of the Albany Herald, James H. Gray (mostly obscured); Publisher and Editor of the Americus Times-Recorder, James R. Blair; Publisher and Editor of the Cartersville Tribune News, John T. Fleetwood; Assistant to the Publisher of the August Chronicle and Herald and the Savannah News and Press, William S. Morris III; President of the Moultrie Observer, Max E. Nussbaum, Jr.; and President of the Georgia Press Association, Jack Williams, Jr. (mostly obscured). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1047-011
This folder contains newspaper clippings and a letter from the office of Ralph McGill, publisher of The Atlanta Constitution, to Pierre Salinger, Press Secretary to President-elect John F. Kennedy, concerning support for President-elect Kennedy.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7704-D
President John F. Kennedy (seated at center left) attends a luncheon for newspaper publishers and editors from Georgia. Seated at table, facing camera (L-R): Publisher and Editor of the Cartersville Tribune News, John T. Fleetwood; Assistant to the Publisher of the August Chronicle and Herald and the Savannah News and Press, William S. Morris III; President of the Moultrie Observer, Max E. Nussbaum, Jr.; President of the Georgia Press Association, Jack Williams, Jr.; President Kennedy; Editor of the Tri-County Advertiser, Amilee Chastain Graves; President and Publisher of the Marietta Journal, Brooks P. Smith; Editor of the Atlanta Constitution, Eugene C. Patterson; and President and Publisher of the West Point Valley Times-News, Doyle E. Shirley. Seated at table, facing away from camera (L-R): Publisher of the Macon Telegraph and the Macon News, Peyton T. Anderson; Editor of the Carroll County Georgian, D. Stanley Parkman; White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; President and Publisher of the Columbus Enquirer and Ledger, Maynard R. Ashworth; Publisher of the Griffin News, Oliver Quimby Melton, Sr.; and Editor and General Manager of the Atlanta Daily World, Cornelius Adolphus Scott. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7704-C
President John F. Kennedy (seated at center left, back to camera) attends a luncheon for newspaper publishers and editors from Georgia. Seated at table (clockwise, beginning left of President Kennedy): Editor of the Tri-County Advertiser, Amilee Chastain Graves; President and Publisher of the Marietta Journal, Brooks P. Smith; Editor of the Atlanta Constitution, Eugene C. Patterson; President and Publisher of the West Point Valley Times-News, Doyle E. Shirley; Publisher of the LaGrange News, Glen O. Long; President of the Cordele Dispatch, Elden Wayne Mathews; President and Editor of the Thomasville Times-Enterprise, Lee Edward Kelly, Jr.; Editor of the Swainsboro Forest-Blade, William C. Rogers; Editor of the Cairo Messenger, Herbert Hamilton Wind, Jr.; Editor of the Walton Tribune, Sanders Camp, Sr.; Editor and General Manager of the Atlanta Daily World, Cornelius Adolphus Scott (mostly obscured); Publisher of the Griffin News, Oliver Quimby Melton, Sr.; President and Publisher of the Columbus Enquirer and Ledger, Maynard R. Ashworth; White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Editor of the Carroll County Georgian, D. Stanley Parkman; Publisher of the Macon Telegraph and the Macon News, Peyton T. Anderson; Publisher and Editor of the Milledgeville Union-Recorder, Powell A. Moore; Editor of the Valdosta Times, John Turner Rockwell, Jr.; President and Editor of the Tifton Gazette, Homer M. Rankin; Publisher and Editor of the Dublin Courier-Herald, Walter H. Champion (mostly obscured); Editor of the Bulloch Herald, Leodel Coleman, Sr.; Publisher and Editor of the Albany Herald, James H. Gray; Publisher and Editor of the Americus Times-Recorder, James R. Blair; Publisher and Editor of the Cartersville Tribune News, John T. Fleetwood; Assistant to the Publisher of the August Chronicle and Herald and the Savannah News and Press, William S. Morris III; President of the Moultrie Observer, Max E. Nussbaum, Jr.; and President of the Georgia Press Association, Jack Williams, Jr. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7704-B
President John F. Kennedy (seated at center) attends a luncheon for newspaper publishers and editors from Georgia. Seated at table (clockwise, beginning right of President Kennedy): Editor of the Tri-County Advertiser, Amilee Chastain Graves; President and Publisher of the Marietta Journal, Brooks P. Smith; Editor of the Atlanta Constitution, Eugene C. Patterson; President and Publisher of the West Point Valley Times-News, Doyle E. Shirley; Publisher of the LaGrange News, Glen O. Long; President of the Cordele Dispatch, Elden Wayne Mathews; President and Editor of the Thomasville Times-Enterprise, Lee Edward Kelly, Jr.; Editor of the Swainsboro Forest-Blade, William C. Rogers; Editor of the Cairo Messenger, Herbert Hamilton Wind, Jr.; Editor of the Walton Tribune, Sanders Camp, Sr.; Editor and General Manager of the Atlanta Daily World, Cornelius Adolphus Scott (mostly obscured); Publisher of the Griffin News, Oliver Quimby Melton, Sr.; President and Publisher of the Columbus Enquirer and Ledger, Maynard R. Ashworth; White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Editor of the Carroll County Georgian, D. Stanley Parkman; Publisher of the Macon Telegraph and the Macon News, Peyton T. Anderson; Publisher and Editor of the Milledgeville Union-Recorder, Powell A. Moore; Editor of the Valdosta Times, John Turner Rockwell, Jr.; President and Editor of the Tifton Gazette, Homer M. Rankin; Publisher and Editor of the Dublin Courier-Herald, Walter H. Champion (mostly obscured); Editor of the Bulloch Herald, Leodel Coleman, Sr.; Publisher and Editor of the Albany Herald, James H. Gray (mostly obscured); Publisher and Editor of the Americus Times-Recorder, James R. Blair; Publisher and Editor of the Cartersville Tribune News, John T. Fleetwood (mostly obscured); Assistant to the Publisher of the August Chronicle and Herald and the Savannah News and Press, William S. Morris III; President of the Moultrie Observer, Max E. Nussbaum, Jr.; and President of the Georgia Press Association, Jack Williams, Jr. (mostly obscured). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7704-A
President John F. Kennedy (seated at center) attends a luncheon for newspaper publishers and editors from Georgia. Seated at table (clockwise, beginning right of President Kennedy): Editor of the Tri-County Advertiser, Amilee Chastain Graves; President and Publisher of the Marietta Journal, Brooks P. Smith; Editor of the Atlanta Constitution, Eugene C. Patterson; President and Publisher of the West Point Valley Times-News, Doyle E. Shirley; Publisher of the LaGrange News, Glen O. Long; President of the Cordele Dispatch, Elden Wayne Mathews; President and Editor of the Thomasville Times-Enterprise, Lee Edward Kelly, Jr.; Editor of the Swainsboro Forest-Blade, William C. Rogers; Editor of the Cairo Messenger, Herbert Hamilton Wind, Jr.; Editor of the Walton Tribune, Sanders Camp, Sr. (not visible); Editor and General Manager of the Atlanta Daily World, Cornelius Adolphus Scott; Publisher of the Griffin News, Oliver Quimby Melton, Sr. (mostly obscured); President and Publisher of the Columbus Enquirer and Ledger, Maynard R. Ashworth; White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Editor of the Carroll County Georgian, D. Stanley Parkman (mostly obscured); Publisher of the Macon Telegraph and the Macon News, Peyton T. Anderson; Publisher and Editor of the Milledgeville Union-Recorder, Powell A. Moore; Editor of the Valdosta Times, John Turner Rockwell, Jr.; President and Editor of the Tifton Gazette, Homer M. Rankin; Publisher and Editor of the Dublin Courier-Herald, Walter H. Champion; Editor of the Bulloch Herald, Leodel Coleman, Sr.; Publisher and Editor of the Albany Herald, James H. Gray (mostly obscured); Publisher and Editor of the Americus Times-Recorder, James R. Blair; Publisher and Editor of the Cartersville Tribune News, John T. Fleetwood; Assistant to the Publisher of the August Chronicle and Herald and the Savannah News and Press, William S. Morris III; President of the Moultrie Observer, Max E. Nussbaum, Jr.; and President of the Georgia Press Association, Jack Williams, Jr. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.