Report, Califano to the President, 3/22/65 1200 Hours
Title:
Report, Califano to the President, 3/22/65 1200 Hours
Number of Pages:
1
Description:
This item is from the WHCF category for Human Rights, subcategory Equality of Races/Alabama.; File unit description: Documents center on the demonstrations and the controversy over the voting rights of Negroes in Selma, Alabama; the march led by Martin Luther King, Jr.; Gov. George Wallace's meeting with President Johnson; and the decision to send federal troops to Alabama.
Contributor:
Califano, Joseph A., 1931-
Source:
Part of multi-page document; 8th page of "Report, Califano to the President, 3/23/65, Ex HU2/ST1, WHCF, Box 24, LBJ Library"
This is one of a series of reports written to President Johnson by Joseph Califano, Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, outlining the progression of a key civil rights march in Alabama in March 1965. Nearly 50 years later, Mr. Califano described the President's intense focus on Selma, and how he was sent to report back to the White House every two hours for the duration of the final march. You can watch Mr. Califano's comments at our Civil Rights Summit on our YouTube channel.
