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Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1956" (Item)

and the Chicago national convention turns to LBJ as a dark-horse compromise candidate. A majority of major Texas daily newspapers choosing up sides in the upcoming state Democratic Party convention fight are committed to LBJ. 4/18 LBJ wires county chairmen

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 4 (IV), 2/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the state--she sort of overdid the watermelon bit. Most of the reaction--by this time Alabama was getting pretty conservative, because we had had all the civil rights things that you and I talked about. And they were starting to split with the national party
1960 Democratic National Convention; Alabama citizens' opinion of John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon; the Kennedy/Nixon debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; LBJ's and Lady Bird Johnson's 1960 campaign trip through Alabama; LBJ's ambition; LBJ as vice

Folder, "March 12-18, 1965 [Selma Situation]," President’s Appointment File [Diary Backup], Box 15 (Item)

at Ft. Benning - 1,000 men one company of 200 men can be moved to position in 6hours. Rest on 12-hour alert, which will reduced as s ituation develops. Will move by heliocopters. National Guards 25 units of Alabama National Guard - 1,837 men Now
Alabama

Oral history transcript, Dorothy V. Bush, interview 1 (I), 2/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. Ba : Mrs . Bush, do you recall when you first met Lyndon Johnson? Bu : As far as I remember, it was probably right about in 1941 when I was active in Democratic party politics in the State of Alabama, and I came here to Washington for various fund
Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; admiration of Rayburn; women in South for VP Johnson; Paul Butler; Democratic Advisory Councilom 1948, 1960, 1968 campaigns and conventions; Southern train trip; Mrs. Johnson as a campaigner

Folder, "Whistle Stop [4 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)

. Like other volunteers in the Whistle Stop campaign tour, is leaVing her family at home for a few days to have a part in Mrs. Johnson's historic tour of the South. she , .......... '•, ··•. news reeas FROMTHE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/13/1969 (Monday) (Item)

I discovered Mr. West and th is wonderful s t a f f . Now I shall return to i t . I rested and worked with Ashton, and then close to four, had my h a ir combed and went down to the Blue Room for a reception fo r the Democratic National Committee
; Lady Bird reminisces about coming to the White House in 1963; reception in Blue Room for the Democratic National Committee; the Johnsons fly to New York City to the Pierre Hotel; dinner party for 450 at Plaza Hotel

Folder, "Communism and the Negro Movement – A Current Analysis," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 63a (Item)

an unprincipled~ opportunistic individual, as well as a man considered and described within the Communist Party as a Marxist. In King's rise to national prominence since his leadership of the bus boycott by Negroes in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1956, he has been
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Communist Party of America

Oral history transcript, George Wallace, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

primary were pledged to me. So the Alabama Democrats and Alabama supported my position, and the national party then had to qualify under a new ballot position in Alabama. There has been some talk at times about 1964, that President Johnson wasn't
F. Kennedy; the admission of Negroes into the University of Alabama; John F. Kennedy’s death; Wallace’s meetings with President Johnson; governors’ briefings on Vietnam; LBJ’s personality; Lurleen Wallace’s first trip to the White House as a governor

Folder, "Political Notes [1948]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 30 (Item)

. They will then learn that the Democratic party will make a poor showin&, and so-called red make-believe in the Wallace forces could cause an American surprise to be written into history, it not in '48, perhaps . in '52. , They will know that the Republican party

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1952" (Item)

Democrats who bolted from Shivers’ uninstructed delegation landslide at the Democratic county conventions voted for a blind loyalty oath pledge, requiring delegates to support national nominees of the Democratic Party, regardless of who they are. In a closed

Folder, "Stoner, Jesse Benjamin," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 11 (Item)

,,, ~· 1 1 rt r ; . h ~lLld...,e •:.,...~~: ;!._-!~$_ :·~~1l, ·n1-~ i " l ·a, J..L , ~ .... o m. . t, ,l~e APPENDIX NATIONAL STAT.ES RIGHTS PARTY (NSRP) On November 26} 1967 , a source advised that the United White Party (UWP) was orga.n:i.zed at 4
American States' Rights Party
Records of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)

Folder, "Whistle Stop [1 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)

campaign on her own, as well as with her husband. from the ''Tell A Friend" where she and the Senator and Mrs. Harry s. T:rll.lT'An at DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE• the will telephone ceremony today for be dinnE"r guests Mlll:!hleba.ch

Folder, "Shelton, Robert Marvin," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 11 (Item)

SHELTON, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, ·was re elected Imperial Wizard of the UKA. SHELTON- resides at #18 Lake Sherwood, Star Route, Northport, A.labam·a , and maintains the National Headquarters of ·the UKA ._ at his home. Sources report the activities of SHELT
Records of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 2 (II), 12/4/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Again, this was a case where the more liberal members of the Democratic Party in the Senate voted with the more conservative members or vice versa. The party was relatively united on this close vote. C: Against? G: Against a Capehart Amendment
of church and state in the South; initiation of the National Defense Education Act (NDEA), changes made to the Act and how it was passed; Senator Lister Hill's support for reciprocal trade; Hill's and Estes Kefauver's involvement in a 1955 bill relating

Collection, Papers of Virginia Durr (entire collection) (Item)

to show you how dangerous his plans are for any kind of come back for the Democratic Party. George is NOT A DEMO RACI',never has been really except at the beginning, he is a rule or ruin person, if he is not the head and center, he will spoil

Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 1, 3/18/65 - 3/24/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES / ALABAMA]," WHCF HU, Box 24 (Item)

and welfare of the marchers, and WHEREAS, the President of the United States was unwilling or un able to provide the requested civil authorities or officers but has stated that he would federalize the Alabama National Guard if the Governor of Alabama
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Alabama
This folder is from the WHCF category for Human Rights, subcategory Equality of Races/Alabama.
Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 1, 3/18/65 - 3/24/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES / ALABAMA]," WHCF HU, Box 24

Folder, "Political Notes [1947]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 29 (Item)

eplit. Each etate delegation had an hour'e meeting with the principal officere of the Democratic National Committee, involving a diecueeion of the 1948 party organization and any other probleme that vieitore wiehed to bring up. They had an hour

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 5 (V), 3/14/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

not sure it was a decisive mark. It was a heavy year. G: I want you to just reflect on some of the events that caught national attention that occurred in Alabama that were related to this whole civil rights movement, and just if you have any particular
The transition from John F. Kennedy to LBJ and comparing the two men; the 1964 civil rights bill; moral versus legal arguments regarding civil rights; Alabama's opposition to civil rights legislation; the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955; George

Folder, "Right Wing Extremism," Records of the NCCPV (Eisenhower Commission), Series 11, Box 5 (Item)

. Northcote Parkinson; The Naked Communist, by W. Cleon Skousen; The Black Book on Red China, by Edward Hunter; and Behind the U. N. Front, by Alice Widener. Sec NATIONAL STATES RIGHTS PARTY 1865 Bessemer Road (P. O. Box 783) Birmingham, Alabama The National
Records of the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence (Eisenhower Commission)

Folder, "Pepper, Claude (Senator) [1946]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 29 (Item)

.what you did in Arabia. Manoeuverinc around tor petty position as a .middle aaed senator seeking security. You have -alked about a liberal bloc ot •epublioan and Democrats inr-;the Senate maki.D.& a people~ s party. You talked about this six montha ago

Oral history transcript, Lester Maddox, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

us about $600,000, because of that loss. B: During your campaign for the governorship in 1966, was there any involvement of the White House or the national Democratic party in that campaign? M: Not that I could detect. B: Was there any suspicion

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1955" (Item)

for a seat on Judiciary. 1/3 Glen and Marie Wilson join LBJ’s Senate staff. 1/4 LBJ is elected Senate majority leader at the Democratic Caucus. Earle Clements is re-elected Democratic whip. 1/5 The 84th Congress convenes. The party ratio in the Senate

Folder, "Rowe, James," Papers of Drew Pearson, Georgetown Files, Box G 26 (Item)

to the Democratic National Committee, copy of which is attached. ver, Mr. Drew Pearson 1313 29th Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. Telegraa to John liailey You will cla.rifying from Moreland Saith be interested statement to know that reg&rding appeared

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 1 (I), 9/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was what I'm going to call the Hill-Sparkman political boss of Alabama. But you must remember that all of this was in the days before the Republican Party, for all practical purposes, so that the head of the Democratic Part--the political head, let's say
balancing his own interests and the popular sentiment in Alabama; comparing Hill to Senator John Sparkman and how Alabama politics changed from the 1950s to the 1980s; Hill's work with Mary Lasker, Florence Mahoney and Mike Gorman; Mary Lasker's political

Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 1, 11/23/63- 3/17/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES / ALABAMA]," WHCF HU, Box 24 (Item)

and attention of the President . He seems to be unable to comprehend the basic principles upon which this Nation was founded . The President might just as profitably interview the leaders of the Communist Party . [4 of 4] ) . D ,,.. •I ' I l) ''J
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Alabama
This folder is from the WHCF category for Human Rights, subcategory Equality of Races/Alabama.
Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 1, 11/23/63- 3/17/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES / ALABAMA]," WHCF HU, Box 24

Folder, "King, Martin Luther [1 of 2]," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 32 (Item)

will be the Democratic Party nominee for Vice President in the next election. other This Bureau has not received any information source which would serve to corroborate Shelton's from any claims. "The Deacons" referred to by Shelton may be a refer ence to the Deacons
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Folder, "Foster, Luther H.," Name Files, WHCF, Box F-203 (Item)

. Jolmaoa" For party other than one to whom addressed or delivered: Sent or delivered to: ¥ Dr. aD4 Mr•. Latlaer H. Foner Pr••ldent, T1ubpe 1114,tSJClll,e Tukepe, Alabama •Jal CRS 41 N a.~ !! i~,,,~ 1 ,1f l 1r • • r. • .__ 11.JJ Ii 'it t

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1960" (Item)

of humane letters. Afterwards he and his party plus Mary Rather fly back to Washington. Newsweek survey shows that JFK has 589 delegates to the Democratic National Convention; LBJ has 387.5. 5/24 LBJ phones Faubus today, apparently thanking him for his

Folder, "March 13, 1965, #38, Backup Material For the President’s Press Conferences, Press Office Files, Box 71 (Item)

on the President' s Press Confer ences March 13, 1965 #38 RESTR ICTION CODES (Al Closed by Executive Order 12356 governing access to national security information. (6) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document. (Cl Closed in accordance

Oral history transcript, Virginia Foster Durr, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1967, by Mary Walton Livingston (Item)

of Montganery, Alabama. Mrs. Durr has came to the National Archives today, October 17, 1967, to record her impressions of the JOhnsons as newcomers to Washington in the early days of the New Deal. Mrs. Durr, would you like to tell us how you first met

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1959" (Item)

and Douglas also criticize the administration’s defense cuts. Proxmire delivers his second speech in the Senate on the role of the majority leader and the Policy Committee in determining Democratic Party policy. He is supported by Douglas who notes the uneven

Reference File, "Whistle Stop -1964 ("Lady Bird Special," 10/6-9)" (Item)

Force One with Pre$ident Johnson and several Louisiana Democratic Congressmen landed al Moi.sant Fietd on October 9, 1964, Johnson was aware that the public accommodations act. pa$$8d three months ear1Ier.had turned many In the nation and particularly

Reference File, "Whistle Stop -1964 ("Lady Bird Special," 10/6-9)" (Item)

Force One with Pre$ident Johnson and several Louisiana Democratic Congressmen landed al Moi.sant Fietd on October 9, 1964, Johnson was aware that the public accommodations act. pa$$8d three months ear1Ier.had turned many In the nation and particularly

Oral history transcript, Emma Guffy Miller, interview 1 (I), 2/12/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

then the Democratic Party--the Republican-Democrats, it was called then. they fought the Whigs until the Whigs were finished. fighting Republicans now ever since. Mc: Are you related to Joseph Guffy? M: Who was in the Senate? Mc: Yes. M: Oh yes, he's my brother
National Youth Administration (U.S.)
History of Democratic conventions; relations with Democratic leaders; First meeting LBJ; NYA; opinion of LBJ

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 29 (XXIX), 11/3/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, the process went forward. The Democratic National Committee formally endorsed the McGovern commission recommendations. So the role of the chairman of the party was to ensure that these provisions were carried out. The end result, of course, was that you had
; labor's response to the changes; controversy surrounding the reforms, leadership of the Credentials Committee and the Democratic National Committee (DNC); Harold Hughes and Patricia Harris; Harris' election as Credentials Committee chair; the Credentials

Folder, "Liaison - FBI - Miscellaneous Reports [Feb. - March 1968]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 3 (Item)

, and claimed that the presence of the National Guard near Nashville will heighten tension and fear and may spark a "blood bath." There were no incidents during the march or rally. RUMOR OF VIOLENCE,TUSKEGEE,ALABAMA Monroe Mitchell, Assistant Chief of Campu.s
Records of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 3 (III), 12/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the Democratic Party in the Senate was relatively united against that nomination. Any insights on that aspect of it? 18 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More
of a Democratic majority in the Senate in 1958 and how that changed the character of the Senate; LBJ's relationships with Bill Knowland and Everett Dirksen; LBJ's reputation in the Senate; the Senate majority leader's power; Senate Rule Twenty-Two allowing

Oral history transcript, W. Marvin Watson, interview 2 (II), 12/19/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

national distribution, which gave the independents something to be sorry of, that one political party group of workers would have done this. Which gave them some stimulus and some reason to vote for the Democratic ticket. We had many letters and phone calls

Folder, "King, Martin Luther [2 of 2]," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 32 (Item)

stated that he had spoken to the White Bouse and "the Kennedy front" regarding this matter. Wachtel said that he has Louis Martin of the Democratic National Committee "lined up." It 1s Wachtel 's belief that President Johnson will come to New York City
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Folder, "Liaison - FBI - Miscellaneous Reports [Oct. - Dec. 1967]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 3 (Item)

, President of the Sumter County,Alabama, Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, advised that his organization DECLASSIFIED E.O. 13526,Sec.3.5 , By Hf "lb•3D _·. ~>-.,.. NARA.Date1--a:,-J1 NUfMc
Records of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)

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