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1968
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Civil rights
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Telephone conversation # 13806, sound recording, LBJ and BERTRAND HARDING, 12/6/1968, 5:38PM

LBJ EXPRESSES HIS CONCERN ABOUT PROVIDING FEDERAL FUNDS THROUGH URBAN LEAGUE FOR YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS UNITED; POSSIBLE CHARGES OF NEPOTISM BECAUSE OF LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S NIECE'S ROLE IN ORGANIZATION; LBJ'S PERSONAL VIEWS ON…

Telephone conversation # 12911, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 4/6/1968, 5:35PM

LBJ ASKS IF GOV. SAM SHAPIRO HAS CONTACTED RAMSEY CLARK TO REQUEST FEDERAL TROOPS TO CONTROL RIOTS IN CHICAGO AFTER MLK ASSASSINATION, SAYS HE HAS TOLD CLARK TO GO AHEAD AND PREPARE TROOPS FOR DEPARTURE SO THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Telephone conversation # 12825, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 3/20/1968, 8:36AM

LBJ CONTINUES TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS IN VIETNAM; REUTHER EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ; LBJ DESCRIBES HIS ACHIEVEMENTS ON POVERTY RELIEF, EDUCATION, HEALTH, CIVIL RIGHTS AND DISCUSSES HIS SONS-IN-LAW'S SERVICE IN VIETNAM, PEACE EFFORTS

Telephone conversation # 13409, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 9/7/1968, 10:14AM

INVESTIGATION OF CHICAGO RIOTS DURING DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; BIASED PRESS COVERAGE; BUGGING BY PRESS; COMMUNIST ROLE IN VIETNAM PROTESTS; RAMSEY CLARK'S VIEWS OF RIOTS; ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE BRUTALITY; POSSIBLE USE OF OEO FUNDS BY…

Telephone conversation # 13501, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/1/1968, 10:31AM

HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON BOMBING HALT; CURRENT US VIETNAM POLICY, NEGOTIATING CONDITIONS; EFFECT OF SPEECH ON ELECTION; REPUBLICAN VACANCIES; JAMES RUSSELL WIGGINS' APPOINTMENT TO UN; ABE FORTAS; POSSIBLE NOMINATION OF TOM CLARK AS…

Telephone conversation # 12908, sound recording, LBJ and IVAN ALLEN, 4/4/1968, 11:00PM

ALLEN THANKS LBJ FOR HIS STATEMENT UPON DEATH OF MLK, REPORTS ON SITUATION IN ATLANTA; LBJ'S CALL TO CORETTA SCOTT KING; RIOTING IN WASHINGTON, DC; POSTPONEMENT OF LBJ'S TRIP TO HONOLULU; LBJ'S 3/31/68 SPEECH; LADY BIRD JOHNSON THANKS…

Telephone conversation # 12910, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 4/6/1968, 5:19PM

DALEY ASKS FOR FEDERAL TROOPS TO CONTROL RIOTING IN CHICAGO AFTER MLK ASSASSINATION; LBJ TELLS DALEY TO TALK TO RAMSEY CLARK ABOUT LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GOV. SAM SHAPIRO TO REQUEST TROOPS, DISCUSSES SITUATION IN WASHINGTON, DC; NUMBER OF TROOPS…

Telephone conversation # 13330, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 8/29/1968, 10:41AM

LBJ PRAISES MURIEL HUMPHREY; HHH ASKS ADVICE ON VP NOMINATION; LBJ PRAISES HHH AS VP, EMPHASIZES NEED FOR LOYALTY AND HIS REGRET ABOUT NOT APPOINTING HIS OWN MEN; POSSIBLE NOMINEES: EDMUND MUSKIE, HALE BOGGS, DANIEL INOUYE, TERRY SANFORD, FRED HARRIS

Telephone conversation # 12913, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 4/6/1968, 6:38PM

VANCE GIVES LBJ DETAILED REPORT ON RIOTING IN PRECINCTS IN WASHINGTON, DC FOLLOWING MLK ASSASSINATION

Telephone conversation # 13803, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 12/4/1968, 10:06AM

LBJ'S FAMILY; DISCUSSION OF DANIEL WALKER'S REPORT ON RIOTS DURING DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO; DALEY ASKS LBJ TO ENCOURAGE RAMSEY CLARK TO INDICT DAVID DELLINGER, TOM HAYDEN, OTHERS; INDICTMENTS OF CHICAGO POLICEMEN