John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
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Title: | John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum |
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. |
Types: | Web sites |
Subjects: | Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 | Presidents--United States | Federal government--United States | United States--Politics and government--1961-1963 | Civil rights movements--United States | Civil rights workers--United States | United States, 37.09024, -95.712891 | Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434 |
Institution: | John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum |
Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.jfklibrary.org/ |