- Collection:
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
- Title:
- Leaders in the struggle for civil rights
- Date of Original:
- 2006
- Subject:
- Presidents--United States
United States--Politics and government--1961-1963
Civil rights movements--United States
African American civil rights workers
African Americans--Politics and government - People:
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434 - Medium:
- web sites
articles
instructional materials - Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Web site presenting information about African American civil rights workers who influenced president John F. Kennedy. Includes information about James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); Martin Luther King, Jr. from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); John Lewis who led the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and later worked with the SCLC; A. Philip Randolph who was president of both the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the Negro American Labor Council; Bayard Rustin, who was influential in organizing the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); and Whitney Young, executive director of the National Urban League.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/education/students/leaders-in-the-struggle-for-civil-rights
- Language:
- eng
- Contributing Institution:
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
- Rights:
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