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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WBH-01
In this interview Hartsfield discusses the 1960 presidential election; the sit-in demonstrations in Atlanta in the fall of 1960; Martin Luther King’s arrest in Atlanta; the meeting between Hartsfield and the demonstrators; the idea to have John F. Kennedy [JFK] speak out to have King released from jail; proposing this idea to the Democratic National Committee; the reaction in the national press to JFK’s supposed intervention on behalf of King; JFK’s immediate acceptance of the plan; John C. Calhoun and the Republican National Committee’s unwillingness to get Richard M. Nixon similarly involved; and other memories of JFK, among other issues.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-011-004
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate the ballot security program developed by the Republican National Committee (RNC) for the 1986 elections to purge citizens from the voting rolls. The episode aired on Friday, August 28, 1987, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Collection
VSC
Motion picture film, videotape, sound discs, and audiotape recordings of political rallies, speeches, advertising, and other documentation of local, state, and national political campaigns and events, as recorded or acquired by the major national political committees. Includes recordings of political programs or events that were broadcast in off-election years. Also includes political advertisements and political cartoons.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-024-004
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the election of a new chairman of the Republican National Committee and the departing chairman's suggestion that the party abandon the use of opposition to abortion as a "litmus test" issue. The episode aired on Friday, February 12, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.