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Folder, "[July-August 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • . On the state of the Nation, he said: is going to hell. " 11 1 just don't think this country MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON August 12, 1967 11:00 a. m. MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM: Bob Fleming Attached are notes on your conversation
  • Fleming, Bob
Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 5, 9/12/65 - 3/20/66 [EQUALITY OF RACES / CALIFORNIA]," WHCF HU, Box 25 (Item)
  • Sunday. The purpose of the trip is Bob McNamara's Supersonic Transport Committee Meeting scheduled for Saturday morning. However, there are other matters I have on my mind, some of which I am sure will be of interest to you, and therefore hope to see you
Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 5, 11/22/63- 8/23/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES / CALIFORNIA]," WHCF HU, Box 25 (Item)
  • between the races. Through these and related activities, CRS would hope to address itself to at least three immediate general needs in Los Angeles: (1) conciliation of the current crisis in the Watts community to secure the peace and order which has been
Folder, "April 5, 1968 - 11:10 a.m. President's meeting with Negro leaders after death of Martin Luther King," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)
  • : I hope my Department will not be required to enter this situation. We will not unless called upon. We will see to it that law and order will be maintained. I knew Dr. King. I had deep respect for him. White leaders respected Dr. King
Folder, "Civil Rights – Watts, Los Angeles Riots," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)
  • program be broken and at the minimum that there be some reason to be hopeful on the part of the Negro -community that it will be resolved soon. King believes that Mayor Yorty and Police Chief Parker have an uncommon capacity to say the wrong thing
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/15/1965 (Sunday) (Item)
  • w eapon w ith w h ich he is a ch iev in g h is own e m a n c ip a tio n ." I hope a lo t of p eo p le h eard h im , b e c a u s e h e ’s going to g et the b la m e fo r le ttin g th em go too fa r, to o f a s t. I think h e 's tough enough to stan
Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 5, 8/24/65-9/11/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES / CALIFORNIA]," WHCF HU, Box 25 (Item)
  • reasons were given by the White House staff for wanting to avoid ~ disaster declaration: First, nothing in the law makes it clear that a disaster includes · a man-made disaster like the Los Angeles rioting. It was hoped that the flexibility
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/6/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • w ith c o f f e e , and the M a yo r t e llin g us how he hoped to han dle the p r o b le m of a r a c e r io t in C h ic a g o . s a id he w ould not have h is p o li c e m e n w e a r s t e e l h e l m e t s . He T h ey s i m p l y w o r e c a p
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Jordan III, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)