Telephone conversation # 6737, sound recording, LBJ and MARTIN LUTHER KING, 1/15/1965, 12:06PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 6737, sound recording, LBJ and MARTIN LUTHER KING, 1/15/1965, 12:06PM

Duration: (min: sec):

9:20

Reference No.:

6737

Description:

LBJ EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF VOTING RIGHTS, ASKS MLK, NEGRO LEADERS TO PUBLICIZE WORST EXAMPLES OF VOTER REGISTRATION INJUSTICES; APPOINTMENT OF NEGRO TO CABINET; HUD; LBJ ASKS MLK'S HELP IN PASSING GREAT SOCIETY BILLS; PASSAGE OF 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

Collection:

Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts

Speaker 1:

LBJ

Who Placed the Call?:

Speaker 1

Speaker 2:

MARTIN LUTHER KING

Location of Speaker 1:

LBJ Ranch, near Stonewall, Texas

Subject:

Appointments and nominations; Civil rights; Congressional relations; Education; Elections; Health policy; Hispanics; Housing; Legislation; Press relations; Public relations; Urban affairs; Welfare and War on Poverty

Archivist's General Note:

"SUMMARIZED"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; MLK IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION COLLECTION

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-06737

Date:

1965-01-15

Location(s):

Texas

Time Period:

Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)

Transcript:

Transcribed by LBJ's staff. Transcript not yet digitized.