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About Oral History
Digital Identifier
RFKOH-JTC-03
Interviewee(s)
Conway, Jack (Jack Thomas), 1917-1998
Biographical Note
(1917 - 1998) Labor official; Executive Director, Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO (1963-1968); Deputy Administrator, Housing and Home Finance Agency (1961-1963); Deputy Director, Office of Economic Opportunity (1964-1965)
Interviewer(s)
Larry J. Hackman
Access Restriction Status
Open in Part
Use Restriction Status
Portion(s) Closed
Description
In this interview Conway discusses getting Martin Luther King out of jail in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963; Robert F. Kennedy’s [RFK] view of King and his actions; the March on Washington; working with RFK and the Justice Department on civil rights legislation; Walter Reuther; Conway’s decision to leave John F. Kennedy’s Administration and working on legislation from the outside; the Community Action Program; working with Senator RFK during the Johnson Administration; Senator RFK’s involvement in the labor movement; Jesse M. Unruh, RFK, and the 1968 California presidential primary; Department of Urban Affairs legislation; getting accelerated public works legislation through Congress; Housing and Home Finance Agency staff members; and the attempt to pick up congressional seats in 1962 and 1964, among other issues.
Date(s) of Materials
29 December 1972
Deed Status
Deeded
Copyright Status
Donated to the United States
Collection
Series
Series 1. Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Interviews, 1969-1981.
Preferred Citation
Jack T. Conway, recorded interview by Larry J. Hackman, December 29, 1972, (page number), Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Program of the John F. Kennedy Library.
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Accession Number
OH 1982-004
Transcript
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