Oral history transcript, Roy Wilkins, interview 1 (I), 4/1/1969, by T.H. Baker
Title:
Oral history transcript, Roy Wilkins, interview 1 (I), 4/1/1969, by T.H. Baker
Number of Pages:
24
Description:
Contacts with LBJ; Rule 22; 1957 Civil Rights Act; JFK’s civil rights stand; LBJ as VP selection; NAACP; LBJ’s interest in civil rights as VP; impressions about the Senegal trip; assessment of JFK’s actions on civil rights legislation; 1963 march on Washington; conference on civil rights bill; Voting Rights Bill; urban disturbances; Kerner Commission Report; MLK; personal assessment of LBJ.