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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JRL-01
In this interview Lewis discusses President John F. Kennedy on civil rights; Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] as Attorney General and civil rights; working on RFK’s 1968 presidential campaign; RFK’s assassination, 1968; J. Edgar Hoover and FBI investigations of the civil rights movement; discrimination, hatred, and violence; and the march from Selma to Montgomery and “Bloody Sunday,” 1965, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-EOG-01
Guthman discusses the press coverage during the Kennedy Administration, RFK’s relationship with the press, and Guthman’s involvement in the investigation of Jimmy Hoffa, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-05
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] and Marshall discuss how John F. Kennedy [JFK] and RFK grew increasingly more involved with and concerned about civil rights; getting Martin Luther King out of jail during JFK’s 1960 campaign; civil rights advisers during JFK’s 1960 campaign; RFK becoming Attorney General amidst the civil rights battle and the transitional period in the Department of Justice [DOJ]; how Marshall got his position in the DOJ; the struggle over school desegregation; the New Orleans school crisis of February 1961; the Freedom Riders and violence against them; sending federal marshals to Alabama; trying to find a bus driver to get the Freedom Riders out of Birmingham, Alabama; criticism of RFK’s response to the Freedom Riders; how Freedom Riders were arrested and threatened in Mississippi; African-American voting rights in the South and DOJ authority; difficulties with judges; Supreme Court appointments; the FBI and organized crime; reorganization of the DOJ; RFK’s interactions with the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover after JFK’s death; Hoover’s allegations about JFK and the Kennedy family; the alleged FBI wiretapping of officials; JFK’s opinion of Hoover; FBI press releases; connecting the civil rights movement with communism to discredit it; FBI involvement in civil rights matters; issues with the FBI as having civilian control of a police force; JFK’s communication with King and other civil rights leaders; civil rights legislation; the issue of equal employment; the Civil Rights Commission; and violence against African Americans in Birmingham in the spring of 1963, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-02
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses the 1961 Berlin crisis; American forces, military and diplomatic, in Germany; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] recommendation for Americans to have fallout shelters; nuclear testing; problems with the Department of State; the start of the conflict in Vietnam, 1961; the Department of Justice under RFK and organized crime; RFK’s difficult relationship with J. Edgar Hoover; the wiretapping bill; new federal judgeships in 1961 and other presidential appointments; the Alliance for Progress; Red China; crises during JFK’s presidency and how he was an optimist; RFK’s move for an income tax increase during the Berlin crisis; RFK’s disagreements with President JFK; indecisiveness over picking JFK’s running mate, 1960; the missile gap; fighting and UN operations in the Congo; Nikita S. Khrushchev’s speeches; RFK’s 1962 trip to Japan, Indonesia, Germany, and other countries; the release of Allen L. Pope; Dutch disputes in Southeast Asia; the 1961 crisis in the Dominican Republic and the assassination of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina; the 1962 disarmament conference in Geneva; Edward M. Kennedy’s 1962 campaign for U.S. Senate; the Kennedy family national and political reputation; the Justice Department under RFK and civil rights; and the 1962 steel crisis, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-CAE-05
Evans discusses FBI wiretapping procedure, RFK and Hoover during the December ’66 controversy, and MLK wiretapping, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-CAE-01
Evans discusses RFK’s involvement with the McClellan Committee, his role as liaison to RFK as Attorney General, and traveling with RFK, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-RC-03
Clark discusses Robert F. Kennedy’s (RFK) knowledge of and views on wiretapping, wiretaps and bugs of Martin Luther King, Jr., and RFK’s relationship with J. Edgar Hoover, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-JB-01
Bennett discusses the attorneys general under whom he served, Robert F. Kennedy’s Justice Department reforms, and J. Edgar Hoover, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-WGH-03
Hundley discusses the Joseph Valachi televised hearings, significant cases in the Kennedy administration, and tensions between the Justice Department and J. Edgar Hoover, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-WGH-02
Hundley discusses the J. Vincent Keogh case, wiretapping and bugging controversies, and tensions between the Justice Department and the FBI, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-31-A
AR28
Textual folder
Jean Stein Personal Papers
JSTPP-001-015
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6372-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) J. Edgar Hoover (center) and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (right). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Collection
USDJ
Records 1961-1963. Microfilm copies of material generated by the Department of Justice during the Kennedy administration. Contains a wide variety of legal and administrative paperwork from various offices within the agency. Currently only select records from the Criminal Division and the Civil Rights Division are open for research.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7568-D
President John F. Kennedy receives an honorary badge from Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover, during FBI National Academy graduation exercises. Departmental Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7568-C
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) addresses the graduating class of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Academy. Seated onstage (L-R): Director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Milbank Professor of Religion at George Washington University, Rev. Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo; unidentified. Departmental Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7568-A
President John F. Kennedy walks with Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover, during FBI National Academy graduation exercises. White House Secret Service agents, Jerry Behn (left) and Emory Roberts (right), follow behind. Departmental Auditorium, Washington, D.C.