John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
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Date of Original
2006/9999
Subject
Presidents--United States
Federal government--United States
United States--Politics and government--1961-1963
Civil rights movements--United States
Civil rights workers--United States
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
Type
MovingImage
StillImage
Text
Description
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Web site presents materials from and relating to Kennedy's presidential administration. Portions of the site relating to the Civil Rights movement in the United States include, "JFK in History: Civil Rights Context in the Early 1960s;" "Leaders in the Struggle for Civil Rights" which gathers correspondence between several African American civil rights workers and the president; a list of civil rights accomplishments; the text and audio files for a civil rights speech the president gave in June 1963; an exhibit about the integration and subsequent riot at the University of Mississippi in the fall of 1962; and the White House diary which mentions visits by civil rights leaders., 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.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
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