Oral history transcript, Hobart Taylor, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Stephen Goodell

Title:

Oral history transcript, Hobart Taylor, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Stephen Goodell

Number of Pages:

43

Description:

Biographical information; Hobart Taylor, Sr. and LBJ; civil rights cases in Michigan; NAACP; Export-Import Bank; Cliff Carter; early association with LBJ in 1960; 1960 and 1964 campaigns; JFK; Plans for PROGRESS; Jerry Holleman; RFK and LBJ; problems of President’s Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity; enforcement of regulations; Walter Jenkins; George Reedy; success of PCEEO; OEO; EEOC; civil rights organizations; MLK; Office of Federal Contract Compliance; Council of Equal Opportunity; LBJ as President; Vietnam War; LBJ and credibility; Nixon Administration; civil rights leaders and the Vietnam War; LBJ and education; various Presidents’ support of civil rights; LBJ’s early position on civil rights; LBJ’s 1965 State of the Union Address; LBJ’s 1963 Gettysburg speech; Jack Brooks; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; critics of LBJ.

Contributor:

Taylor, Hobart, Jr., 1920-1981

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 Hobart Taylor, Jr.

Subject:

1964 Campaign; Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985; Vietnam

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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