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Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 13 (XIII), 9/10/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
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- Development. O: Well, that all followed the pattern that had been established back at the time of Kennedy when the word was that [Robert] Weaver would be the first black member of the President's cabinet. That surrounded the enactment. As this dragged
- of new towns; the creation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development with Secretary Robert Weaver as the first African-American cabinet member; how the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) was affected by the creation of HUD; a constitutional