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Discharge Petition for H.R. 7152, the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Record Group 233: Records of the U.S. House of RepresentativesSeries: General Records

This item, H.R. 7152, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, faced strong opposition in the House Rules Committee. Howard Smith, Chairman of the committee, refused to schedule hearings for the bill. Emanuel Celler, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, attempted to use this discharge petition to move the bill out of committee without holding hearings. The petition failed to gain the required majority of Congress (218 signatures), but forced Chairman Smith to schedule hearings.

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Photograph of President Lyndon B. Johnson and his family walking from the White House as part of the funeral procession accompanying President Kennedy’s casket to St. Matthew’s Cathedral.

Collection HST-PHC: Photograph CollectionSeries: Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman

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John F. Kennedy - Trade Mart Speech November 22, 1963

Collection JFK-8.25: Papers of John F. Kennedy: Presidential Papers: White House Staff Files of Pierre SalingerSeries: Press ReleasesFile Unit: White House Staff Files; Papers of Pierre E. G. Salinger; Press Releases; John F. Kennedy Final Copies

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National Security Action Memorandum No. 265 Treatment of Soviet Bloc Fishing Vessels

Collection JFK-4: Papers of John F. Kennedy: Presidential Papers: National Security Files Series: Meeting Records and Memoranda File Unit: National Security Files: Meetings and Memoranda: National Security Action Memoranda

Memorandum for Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Treasury on approved treatment of Soviet Bloc fishing vessels entering United States territorial waters.

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“Now that the generals had failed to organize a coup, [Vice President Johnson] thought that we ought to re-establish ties to the Diem government as quickly as possible and get forward with the war against the Viet Cong.” August 31, 1963. “Collection...
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“Now that the generals had failed to organize a coup, [Vice President Johnson] thought that we ought to re-establish ties to the Diem government as quickly as possible and get forward with the war against the Viet Cong.” August 31, 1963.

Collection JFK-4: Papers of John F. Kennedy: Presidential Papers: National Security Files

Series: Meeting Records and Memoranda

File Unit: National Security Files: Meetings and Memoranda: Meetings on Vietnam

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“Although this summer has seen remarkable progress in translating civil rights from principles into practices, we have a very long way yet to travel.”JFK’s proposed statement on the March on Washington, August 18, 1963. “Collection JFK-3: Papers of...
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“Although this summer has seen remarkable progress in translating civil rights from principles into practices, we have a very long way yet to travel.”JFK’s proposed statement on the March on Washington, August 18, 1963. “Collection JFK-3: Papers of...
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“Although this summer has seen remarkable progress in translating civil rights from principles into practices, we have a very long way yet to travel.”JFK’s proposed statement on the March on Washington, August 18, 1963. “Collection JFK-3: Papers of...
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“Although this summer has seen remarkable progress in translating civil rights from principles into practices, we have a very long way yet to travel.”

JFK’s proposed statement on the March on Washington, August 18, 1963. 

Collection JFK-3: Papers of John F. Kennedy: Presidential Papers: President’s Office Files

Series: Subject Files

File Unit: Civil rights: March on Washington, 28 August 1963

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White House Meeting with civil rights leaders, June 22, 1963.

Collection JFK-WHP: White House Photographs

Series: Abbie Rowe White House Photographs

File Unit: White House Photograph Collection: Abbie Rowe White House Photographs: AR7993B

Image description: About 24 people standing outside the White House. Most of them are men in suits but there is one woman, who is wearing a summer hat. A few people have been identified: Front Row: Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy, Roy Wilkins, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Walter P. Reuther, Whitney M. Young, A. Philip Randolph. Second Row Second From Left: Rosa Gragg. Top Row Third From Left: James Farmer.

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Congratulations to everyone graduating this spring! 

U.S. Air Force Academy cadets toss their caps in the air after President Kennedy’s address, June 5, 1963.

Collection JFK-WHP: White House Photographs

Series: Robert Knudsen White House Photographs

Image description: View from behind President Kennedy as he stands on a stage in the U.S. Air Force Academy stadium. Cadets in uniforms of blue jackets, yellow sashes, and white pants stand up from their chairs and throw their caps in the air. 

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“The President agrees that the Secretary of Defense has adequate authority to authorize the penetration of the territorial waters of [China, North Vietnam, or Cuba] for the purpose of locating … and retrieving the personnel and spacecrafts.” May 3, 1963.

Collection JFK-4: Papers of John F. Kennedy: Presidential Papers: National Security Files

Series: Meeting Records and Memoranda

File Unit: National Security Files: Meetings and Memoranda: National Security Action Memoranda

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Letter to President Kennedy on employment of people with mental illness or developmental disabilities, February 26, 1963. 

[cw: ‘60s-typical language relating to mental/developmental disabilities] 

Collection JFK-3: Papers of John F. Kennedy: Presidential Papers: President’s Office Files

Series: Subject Files

File Unit: Mental retardation

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Stocking the Fallout Shelter, Villa Augustina Academy, Goffstown, New Hampshire, on January 22, 1963. 

Record Group 77: Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers

Series: Construction Project Photographs

Image description: Two serious men in suits and eyeglasses hold up a box labeled “SURVIVAL SUPPLIES FURNISHED BY OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE / CIVIL DEFENSE SURVIVAL RATION CRACKER CONTENTS 28.5 POUNDS NO. OF FRACKERS PER POUND 89 MINIMUM DATE OF PACK 17 OCT 1962”. There are half a dozen similar boxes stacked in the foreground. Next to the men, two nuns hold a sign with the three-triangles-in-a-circle fallout shelter sign.

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