Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

32

Description:

Career history leading up to Feilds’ work with the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity; Phil Hart; the consolidation of the President’s Committee on Government Contracts and the President’s Committee on Government Employment Policy; affirmative action; Jerry Holleman; John Hope Franklin; Gwendolyn Tice; Percy Williams; Jerry Bruno; staffing and funding the commission; Bobby Troutman and the conflict between LBJ and RFK; Richard Russell; the Lockheed plant in Marietta, Georgia; Plan for Progress; the Potomac Institute; affirmative action record-keeping and compliance reporting on government contracts; LBJ’s support for affirmative action; Bobby Troutman; black employees at General Motors in 1958; administration under the Dept. of Labor in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s; Lockheed’s exemplary compliance with affirmative action-related policy changes.

Contributor:

Feild, John G., 1922-2006

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with John G. Feild

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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