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About Sound Recording
Digital Identifier:
JFKPOF-MTG-108-002
Title:
Meetings: Tape 108/A43. Civil Rights, 28 August 1963
Date(s) of Materials:
28 August 1963
28 August 1963
Description:
Sound recording of a meeting held on August 28, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Civil Rights Leaders: Roy Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph, Walter Reuther, Whitney Young, Floyd McKissick, Eugene Carson Blake, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lewis, and other unidentified participants. Wilkins, Randolph, and the other civil rights leaders initially report to President Kennedy on the March on Washington, but then turn the conversation to the pending civil rights legislation in Congress and the need for action to ensure equality. President Kennedy reviews a head count of votes in Congress on the administration's bill and legislative strategy. Martin Luther King speaks briefly. Randolph calls for a crusade with President Kennedy as its leader. Vice President Johnson explains the realities of political power in relation to Congress--how to craft a coalition of support, pressure on business leaders, approaches to former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, etc. There is also a discussion of the right of African Americans in the military to demonstrate. At the end of the meeting, there is a coordination of statements on the completion of the meeting and President Kennedy reads the statement he intends to release. Please note that this Civil Rights Meeting recording was opened to research use in July of 1984. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 108, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 108 in its entirety.
Copyright Status:
Unknown
Physical Description:
1 item on 2 audio tapes/reels (74 minutes)
Contributor(s):
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
King, Martin Luther, 1929-1968
Lewis, John R. (John Robert), 1940-2020
McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991
Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979
Reuther, Walter (Walter Philip), 1907-1970
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Young, Whitney M. (Whitney Moore), 1921-1971
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
King, Martin Luther, 1929-1968
Lewis, John R. (John Robert), 1940-2020
McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991
Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979
Reuther, Walter (Walter Philip), 1907-1970
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Young, Whitney M. (Whitney Moore), 1921-1971
Archival Creator:
President (1961-1963 : Kennedy). Office of the Personal Secretary. , 1961 - 1963
Sound Recording:
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