Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker

Title:

Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker

Number of Pages:

15

Description:

First met LBJ when Majority Leader; 1960 election; LBJ’s position on Commission on EEO; LBJ as VP; LBJ’s role in drafting civil rights proposals in 1963; Domestic Marshall Plan; LBJ’s view of Great Society; met LBJ after JFK assassination; offered government positions; reaction to Kerner Commission report; MLK; Vietnam War criticized by black people; innate compassionate nature of LBJ

Contributor:

Young, Whitney Moore, Jr., 1921-1971

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 Whitney M. Young, Jr.

Subject:

1960 Campaign; Assassinations; JFK Assassination; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; Great Society; Vietnam

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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

Interviewee:

Whitney M. Young, Jr.

Interviewer(s):

T.H. Baker

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-youngw-19690618-1-73-29

Date:

1969-06-18

Time Period:

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Citation

Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker, LBJ Library Oral Histories, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 24, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-youngw-19690618-1-73-29