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Telephone conversation # 11343, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 1/11/1967, 8:27PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS SUPPORT FOR INCREASE IN SPENDING ON GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAMS, EXPRESSES PESSIMISM ABOUT SUPPORT FOR HIS PROGRAM IN CONGRESS; VOTE ON 21-DAY RULE; MLK'S, RALPH ABERNATHY'S CRITICISM OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/9/1964 (Item)
  • Cong. Tom Abernathy Nancy Larson Speaker McCormack Charlie Murphy (Larry O'Brien's office) asked VB to call Secy Freeman to come to office - Briefly saw him in Juanita's office and asked him to call Cong. George Grant, Cong. Tom Abernathy, & Cong. Ralph
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 4 (IV), 4/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • ; [Bernard] Lafayette did; [Anthony] Henry did; [Ralph] Abernathy did; Jesse Jackson did; [Reies Lopez] Tijerina did; all of them. They had no-- F: Eleven quarterbacks? 11 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon
  • Leadership Conference's (SCLC) interaction with the press; communication problems within SCLC; racial tension at Resurrection City; lack of coordination and organizational problems at the demonstration; Ralph Abernathy; the terms of the Resurrection City
Folder, "Southern Christian Leadership Conference," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 73a (Item)
  • of individuals residing at Resurrection City, the general situation there, and the outlook for the Poor People's Campaign. A memorandum is enclosed matter. with details in this For your information, one of our sources indicated that Ralph D. Abernathy
Folder title list, Senate Papers, Card Indexes of Correspondence (Item)
  • by the surname of the correspondent. Cards for several correspondents with the same surname are arranged alphabetically by initial, followed by those arranged alphabetically by given name as in this example: Abernathy, D.A.; Abernathy, L.V.; Abernathy, Elton
President's Daily Diary entry, 12/18/1964 (Item)
  • y an y danJac d Jac k Valent k Valent i i Bundy and Mrs Martin Luther King VP-elect Humphrey Dec White House 18 Friday To Dr Rev Rev then O'Donnells office w/ Dr Mrs King to meet and Mrs Ralph G Abernathy aid to King Walter Fauntroy
Oral history transcript, Bayard Rustin, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
President's Daily Diary entry, 4/22/1966 (Item)
  • A. Williams, Managing Director, Auto Manu Assn Roy Abernathy, President, American Motors Corp. , Detroit Mr. Harold Brown, Secy of the Air Force Mr. John Bugas Mr. E. Thomas Burnard, Exec VP, Airport Operator's Council, Washington Mr. Vincent F. Caputo
Oral history transcript, Joe Robertson, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • /show/loh/oh Robertson -- I -- 3 [Ralph] Abernathy was leading the multitude that day. He smiled and said, "Well, we're here to eat in your cafeteria again." I said in effect, "The hell you say. You won't eat in our cafeteria until you pay for what
  • Incidents involving civil rights leaders Jesse Jackson, Ralph Abernathy, Andy Young, and Marian Edelman; the Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service (ASCS); Jamie Whitten; Rural Areas Development Service (RADS); Secretary of Agriculture
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 5 (V), 5/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Castro -- V -- 3 Day event. I honestly don't know what happened, but I gather some kind of a breach developed between [Ralph] Abernathy and Rustin
  • Solidarity Day, June 19, 1968; Solidarity Day chairmen Bayard Rustin and, later, Sterling Tucker; Dean Rusk's son, David Rusk, and his work on Solidarity Day; estimating the number of people expected for the Solidarity Day event; speeches by Ralph
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 4 (IV), 8/21/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • rather than making decisions, except in the more crucial-- C: That's right, that's right. Decisions like when we finally felt that we ought to work out an accommodation with [Ralph] Abernathy and get him out of there, and he wanted to get out
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/3/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • ie s of six receptions fo r the House of R e p rese n ta tives. T h e re w e re about 151 this time* we m et them,,.ks usual». i n the Blue Room . It was fun to see M r s . Tom Abernathy, of M is sissippi; oar children 4 The L i ndey Beckworth' s w
Folder, "King, Martin Luther [2 of 2]," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 32 (Item)
  • ., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCI£), and the Conference's Treasurer, Ralph Abernathy. Abernathy advised King that he had been in touch with a Reverend Herbert Eatonton (phonetic) and that Eatonton had told Abernathy that Fred
Oral history transcript, Orville Freeman, interview 4 (IV), 11/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • - to twenty-billion-dollar program. It's a big program. G: Let me ask you, then, to recount your discussions with Ralph Abernathy and the Poor People's Campaign when they came in in 1968. They occupied offices, didn't they, at Agriculture? F
Oral history transcript, Bertrand Harding, interview 2 (II), 11/25/1968, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • prior to the time that he left. G: Did you have any meetings or conferences with Reverend [Ralph] Abernathy during the Poor People's Campaign? H: I had two meetings scheduled with Reverend Abernathy during the campaign; both of these were held
Folder, "King, Martin Luther [1 of 2]," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 32 (Item)
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/3/1966 (Item)
  • Pell Jennings Randolph Harrison Williams, Jr Ralph Yarborough Frank Carlton color pix Cong. E Ross Adair Cong Cong Br )ck Adams Cong Cong JoLn B. Anderson Cong Cong Mark Andrews Cong. Cong John M Ashbrook Cong Cong William AyresJ Cong Cong Be -t
Oral history transcript, Aaron E. Henry, interview 1 (I), 9/12/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • Martin King, Ralph Abernathy, Whitney Young, Joseph Rauh. I can think of about fifty or sixty outstanding, nationally known civil rights leaders who were here, Roy Wilkins and all that gang. But the problem with the police came about after we had had
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 29 (XXIX), 11/3/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • outside. We had security at the doors and suddenly the doors--they were large, double doors--burst open and the security guards were pushed aside. In came this group of a hundred or so people led by Ralph Abernathy and the largest woman I've ever seen
  • ; telethon producer David Wolper; Democratic National Convention costs and the length of the convention; the National Welfare Rights Organization and Ralph Abernathy's demands; 1968 campaign debt; the Democratic Policy Council; the importance of Southern
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 5 (V), 4/9/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • --well, maybe that's the wrong word--of defaming information about King.It was said that the FBI even had a tape that came from bugging a hotel room in which King and [Ralph] Abernathy and a number of others were engaged in all kinds of circus sexual acts
Folder title list, Personal Papers, Papers of Charles E. Marsh (Item)
  • Company - Copy of Oil Run Statements [1934] Marsh, John [1935] Martex Oils, Inc. [1935 - 1938] Miscellaneous [1935 - 1940] Mobile [1935 - 1938] [Folder 1 of 2] Mobile [1935 - 1938] [Folder 2 of 2] Oil A/C (1935) Abernathy, E. V. [1936 - 1937] Ashbaugh
Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 4 (IV), 1/31/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
Oral history transcript, C.R. Smith, interview 2 (II), 11/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • never talked about it in your presence? 10 Okay. Remember they had the Poor People's Campaign and Resurrection City that spring and summer. There was a note in the press that Ralph Abernathy wanted to meet with you. why? Do you recall that? Do you
Oral history transcript, John A. Schnittker, interview 2 (II), 5/18/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ] on this question. We did finally discuss with the White House, Joe Califano and Bill Moyers, some expansion in the Food Stamp Program. I negotiated some of the elements of this with Ralph Abernathy at the other end of my table, Marian Wright sitting next to him
Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 4 (IV), 1/28/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : Well, again, Johnson was worried. This was the tent city and all of that? G: Yes. J: Yes. Of [Ralph] Abernathy's. I think Johnson was worried that it could lead to more civil disorder and that all of that detracted from what he was trying to do
Oral history transcript, Owen Donley, interview 1 (I), 6/8/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • refresh my memory. What year was the [poor people’s march]? G: 1968. D: 1968. And that was Resurrection City and all that business. That had a great impact. That had a great impact. Ralph Abernathy had seen Senator McGovern a number of times during
Oral history transcript, James J. Reynolds, interview 2 (II), 10/1/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • publicity because it had drawn the support and attention of Dr. Martin Luther King and his associate, Dr. [Ralph] Abernathy. It had ceased to be strictly a labor dispute, but emerged as a matter of the dignity of minority people in Memphis. i~volved
Oral history transcript, Cartha D. (Deke) DeLoach, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1991, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Folder, "Civil Rights – St. Augustine, Fla.," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)
Folder, "Demonstration – October 20-21, 1967 [2 of 2]," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 64C (Item)
Folder, "Liaison - FBI - Miscellaneous Reports [Feb. - March 1968]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 3 (Item)
  • in activities directed against the Democratic National Convention. Ralph Schoerunan, secretary to Russell, was in Chicago in January of 1968 assisting in making arrangements for the activities in August. Gregory has disclosed plans to have simultaneous
Oral history transcript, Andrew Young, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • . But that's about all that happened. The rumors, though, continued. They kind of slowed down, but I think--I'm not exactly sure why, but it may have been because we didn't talk about it, about that at all. Walter Fauntroy and Ralph Abernathy and I asked
Folder, "Roy Wilkins (NAACP)," Name Files, WHCF, Box W-312 (Item)
  • ADLER, Richard, Saddle River, N.Jer. MARCH,Frederic, New York City Telegrams sent September 27, 1965 WILKINS R New York Ci~ ~lRENCE, Harding, Beverly Hills I Calif• MacBRIDE, Rhoades, Montvale, N. Jer. ---.oomm:-,,rthur, New York City DAVIES, Ralph K
Oral history transcript, Clarence Mitchell, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
Oral history transcript, Herbert Jenkins, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • all, the news media· .can carry that ·message to more people ove~- · ·.. night than the mayor could carry· to them in .ages. B: Ralph McGill is usually. given a great deal of the credit for this. « . J: We11 , I don't think there's any question
  • Meeting LBJ in 1960; civil rights demonstrations in Atlanta and subsequent federal laws to override states’ discriminatory laws; Civil Rights Act of 1964; opinions of integration among Atlanta leadership; Ralph McGill; Martin Luther King, Sr. and Jr
Oral history transcript, Walter Washington and Bennetta Washington, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)
Oral history transcript, Louis Martin, interview 2 (II), 6/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Folder, "Diary: Vol. #9, 3/31 – 10/19/68," Papers of Orville Freeman, Box 12 (Item)
Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 3 (III), 3/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • of problems. I But I sat in a number of meetings with the President with King alone, or with Mrs. King or with Abernathy, or Mrs. Johnson. I think there was a pretty good relationship that existed between President Johnson and King. King was always
Folder, "Young, Whitney M. (Jr.)," Name Files, WHCF, Box Y-041 (Item)
  • was to be convened • Robert-G.)(.Clar"a Negro. by Mississippi Joe Califano: , Call Walter Reuther ·Bob Benjamin ' ~• W-. Abel, Hector"I.Garc1;, Doroth; xneight, ~dgar Keiser, Ralph~McG1ll Phil1p~Randolph, Roy Wilkins and·W~1tney Young I ; ' ..--.nd tell 1 l i