Oral history transcript, Morris Abram, interview 2 (II), 5/3/1984, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Morris Abram, interview 2 (II), 5/3/1984, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

31

Description:

Jack Valenti becoming President of the Motion Picture Association instead of Abram; MPA issues that concerned LBJ; integrationist vs. separationist civil rights movements; Berl Bernhard; A. Philip Randolph; problems at the White House Civil Rights Conference in 1965; Ben Heineman; Bayard Rustin; problems with enactment of civil rights legislation; LBJ’s lack of support from Georgia in 1964; trip to Atlanta with the U.N. Subcommission for the Prevention of Discrimination and the Protection of Minorities; Abram’s appointment as US representative to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights; comparing U.S. human and civil rights violations to other countries, specifically Haiti and Greece; Abram’s U.N. work in regards to Vietnam; considering running for Senate in 1966 and Robert Kennedy’s involvement; a connection between U.S. support for Israel and Jewish support of Vietnam; LBJ’s Middle Eastern policy; the War on Poverty; the HARYOU-Act Program; Patrick Moynihan’s report on the black family; War on Poverty’s advisory council; Sargent Shriver’s involvement in the War o Poverty; the Child Development Group in Mississippi; John Stennis and James Eastland; Abram’s desire to be a judge.

Contributor:

Abram, Morris

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Morris Abram

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details