Oral history transcript, Berl Bernhard, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1986, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Berl Bernhard, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1986, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

15

Description:

Bernhard being asked to organize a White House conference on civil rights; problems with conference planning; Morris Abrams, William T. Coleman and Benjamin Heinemann as co-chairmen of the conference; planning session for the conference; LBJ's involvement with the conference; conflict over inviting Martin Luther King to the conference; Patrick Moynihan; obtaining personnel and funding for the conference; problems with the Departments and Agencies; Moynihans' report on the black family, political reaction to it, and keeping Moynihan out of the conference.

Contributor:

Bernhard, Berl, 1929-

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

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Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Berl Bernhard

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details