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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.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0932-015
This folder contains memoranda from Robert F. Kennedy concerning the political climates in Georgia and Virginia.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0966-017
This folder contains a memorandum from Robert F. Kennedy concerning the political climates in Georgia and Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-18787
President John F. Kennedy attends a Congressional Coffee Hour in the Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Unidentified; Representative Watkins M. Abbitt of Virginia; unidentified; Representative G. Elliott Hagan of Georgia; President Kennedy; Representative William M. Colmer of Mississippi; unidentified; Representative Harold B. McSween of Louisiana; unidentified.