Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0365-003
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between various members of the White House staff concerning the housing of Southern African American families relocated to Northern cities (an initiative known as “reverse freedom rides”). The folder also contains a transcript of a meeting between Assistant United States Attorney General Byron White, Alabama Governor John Patterson, State Attorney General McDonald Gallion, and State Director of Public Safety Floyd Mann concerning racial relations and public safety in Alabama.