Oral history transcript, Clarence Mitchell, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by T.H. Baker
Title:
Oral history transcript, Clarence Mitchell, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by T.H. Baker
Number of Pages:
71
Description:
First knowledge of LBJ; Dr. Robert Weaver and Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune enthusiastic regarding LBJ; Mrs. Bethune and the NYA; friendship with Stuart Symington; LBJ getting building for Huston-Tillotson College; relationship with LBJ; 1957 Civil Rights bill; Senator Earle Clements; Senator Thurmond filibuster; creation of Civil Rights Commission; Senators Russell and Knowland; Community Relations Service and Jerry Siegel; Fair Housing legislation; voting registration assistant from executive branch; Humphrey’s revision of Voting Rights Act of 1957; liberal image; JFK’s contact with African Americans; 1960 dissatisfaction with Democratic nominees; NAACP position regarding LBJ as the VP candidate; Democratic record on civil rights; effect of around the world trip on LBJ; President’s Equal Opportunity Council; Civil Rights bill; Senator Dirksen’s remark regarding Mitchell and African Americans; Senator Olin Johnson speech; LBJ’s relationship with Joe Rauh; Larry O’Brien; Senator James Eastland’s attitude regarding Mitchell; Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; attitudes toward NAACP; poll tax legislation; Texas first court case; LBJ’s leadership in civil rights; E.O. for fair housing problem; emotional issue of real estate interests; HHH as VP; Barefoot Sanders; Ramsey Clark; Mitchell liaison on White House staff; selecting African Americans for governmental positions; Samuel Jackson; LBJ as a victim of a kind of newspaper conspiracy; LBJ’s views of demonstrations; Floyd McKissick gate incident; Southern demonstrations involvement; Resurrection City; evaluation of LBJ; appointing African Americans to high positions
