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Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-108-004
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks to new participants in the Plans for Progress equal opportunity program in the East Room of the White House.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-159-006
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks to participants signing the Plans for Progress equal opportunity agreements in the White House State Dining Room. In his speech the President commends the participants for their efforts and discusses how signing the agreement is a beginning to more comprehensive efforts to ensure equal employment opportunities.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-01-17-C
AR31, ST19, KN29
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-034-001
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-033-015
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-033-012
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-033-011
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-033-010
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-033-009
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-033-008
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-030-005
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-020-008
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-020-006
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-023-011
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-023-010
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-023-009
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-039-006
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks to new participants in the Plans for Progress equal opportunity program in the East Room of the White House.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-035-026
This folder contains a press copy of President Kennedy's statement upon signing the Plans for Progress, an effort to create equal employment opportunities to all Americans, regardless of race, ethnicity, or religion.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-042-025
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's remarks to participants signing the Plans for Progress equal opportunity agreements in the White House State Dining Room. In his speech the President commends the participants for their efforts, and discusses how signing the agreement is a beginning to more comprehensive efforts to ensure equal employment opportunities. Materials in this folder include a memorandum, draft, and press copy of the speech
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-067-005
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Robert Troutman, Chairman of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. Materials concern the Plans for Progress program, including a one year progress report, and charts depicting Negro (African American) metropolitan populations and employment of non-whites in various fields. Of note is Troutman’s resignation letter and an explanation for his resignation.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C26093
Hobart Taylor, Jr., Executive Vice Chairman of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity (PCEEO), speaks at a signing ceremony for the Plans for Progress; officials from twenty companies signed equal opportunity employment agreements as part of the program. Left to right: Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; President John F. Kennedy; Mr. Hobart; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6923-C
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and an unidentified man sign the Plans for Progress at a meeting of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. An unidentified man stands to the left of Vice President Johnson. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6923-B
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and members of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity for the signing of the Plans for Progress. Seated (L-R): Charles W. Perelle; Vice President Johnson; Mark W. Cresap; John D. Wright. Standing (L-R): Unidentified man; D.W. Smith; two unidentified men; Chad F. Calhoun; Ivan A. Getting; Allen D. Marshall; Thomas V. Jones; two unidentified men. Also listed in the President’s schedule as attending the meeting: James R. Kerr, Marshal G. Staub, Lawrence A. Hyland, and Earl Dallam Johnson. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7024-I
President John F. Kennedy speaks during a ceremony for the signing of Plans for Progress agreements in the State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg look on. Plans for Progress is an equal opportunity employment agreement signed by a voluntary association of employers.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7024-H
Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg speaks during a ceremony for the signing of Plans for Progress agreements in the State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and President John F. Kennedy look on. Plans for Progress is an equal opportunity employment agreement signed by a voluntary association of employers.